1st Edition
The Routledge International Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology
This diverse, global, and interdisciplinary volume explores the existing research, practice, and ethical issues pertinent to the field of human-animal interactions (HAIs), interventions, and anthrozoology, focusing on the perceived physical and mental health benefits to humans and the challenges derived from these relationships.
The book begins by exploring the basic theoretical principles of anthrozoology and HAI, such as the evolution and history of the field, the importance of language, the economic costs and current perspectives to physical and mental wellbeing, the origins of domestication of animals, anthropomorphism, and how animals fit into human societies. Chapters then move onto practice, covering topics such as how animals help childhood and adulthood development, pet ownership, disability, the roles of pets for people with psychiatric disorders, the links between animal and domestic abuse, and then more widely into the therapeutic roles of animals, animal-assisted therapies, interactions outside the home, working animals, animals in popular culture, and animals in research, for leisure, and food. Including chapters on a wide range of animals, from domesticated pets to wildlife, this collection examines the benefits yet also reveals the complexity, and often dark side, of human-animal relations.
Interweaving accessible commentaries with revealing chapters throughout the text, this collection would be of great interest to students and practitioners in the fields of mental health, psychology, veterinary medicine, zoology, biology, social work, history, and sociology.
1. An Introduction to HAI and Anthrozoology
Aubrey H. Fine, Alan Beck, Megan K. Mueller
2. Valuational (Ethical) Inquiry, Animals and Us: Contemporary Framings and Future Imaginaries
Raymond X Anthony, Andreia De Paula Vieira
3. A Legal Opinion and Pets and Housing in the US
Dianne Prado
4. All for One Health and One Health for All
Zenithson Ng, Isabella Pfeiffer
5. Current Perspectives on the Health effects (Mental and Physical) of Human-Animal Interaction (HAI)
Erika Friedmann, Lincy Koodaly
6. Challenges and Opportunities in Establishing the Evidence Base for the Impact of Human-Animal Interactions on Human Health and Well-Being
Kerri E. Rodriguez, Erin Flynn, Jaci Gandenberger, Marisa Motiff, Kevin N. Morris
7. Anthropomorphism and Anthropocentrism in the Anthropocene
Randy Lockwood
8. Pets and Housing: A One Health/One Welfare Issue
Brinda Jegatheesan, Elizabeth Ormerod, Taryn Graham,Wendy Stone, Emma Power, Debbie Rook, Sandra McCune
9. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in Human-Animal Interactions: Reflections on Practice
Sloane Hawes, Lizett Justa Gutierrez, Lindsay Rojas, Rebecca Cohen, Bridget Camacho, Ashley Taeckens-Seabaugh, Tess Hupe, Nina Ekholm Fry
10. Across Worlds: Cultural, Religious, and Societal Factors Influencing Interactions with Animal
Georgitta Valiyamattam
11. Animal Cognition
Lena Provoost
12. Animal Sentience, Animal Emotions, and Human-Animal Interactions
Annika Bremhorst, Catia Caeiro, Anna Zamansky, Sabrina Karl
13. Animal domestication in west Eurasia: what the histories of dogs, cattle, and horses tell us about the domestication process
Benjamin Arbuckle
14. Why do we love the pets we have? The Role of Animals and Family
Alan Beck, Aubrey H. Fine, Stanley Coren, Erin K. King, Steve Feldman, Lindsey Braun
15. Animals in Development: Childhood and Adolescence
Erin K. King, Eli D. Halbreich, Megan K. Mueller,
16. Animals in Development: Aging Adults
Jessica Bibbo, Ann M. Toohey
17. LGBTQIA+ Populations and Human-Animal Interactions
Angela Matijczak, Shelby E. McDonald
18. Pet Ownership and Persons with Developmental and Physical Disabilities: Impact on Mental and Physical Health
Gretchen K Carlisle, Steph M. Craven
19. Homelessness and Pet Ownership
Leslie Irvine
20. Caregiver Burden in Companion Animal Owners
Mary Beth Spitznagel, Mark D. Carlson, Christopher M Fulkerson
21. HAI and the impact of pet loss
Susan Cohen
22. Animal Hoarding: The Human-Animal Bond Gone Awry
Phil Arkow
23. Co-occurrence of animal abuse and intimate partner violence
Maya Gupta, Shelby E. McDonald
24. Introducing Dogs and Cats into Families
Zarah Hedge, Amanda Kowalski, Madelaine Steevens
25. Veterinary Social Work
Pamela Linden
26. Zoonoses
Jason Stull
27. Working with Each Other: Animal Training to Coexist
Seana Dowling-Guyer
28. Safe interactions with animals
Carri Westgarth, Sara Owczarczak-Garstecka, John Tulloch
29. The case for conservation in the age of the Anthropocene
Eric G Strauss, Carolyn Ristau
30. Ethics, Wellbeing and Wild Lives
William S. Lynn, Liv Baker, Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, Kristin L Stewart
31. Tourism and its impacts on wildlife
Neil Carr, Paul Tully
32. Human-Wildlife Conflict and Interaction
Brian J. MacGowan
33. Oh, the Places I’ve Seen and The Places We Will Go: A Commentary on the Evolution of AAI
Aubrey H. Fine
34. The Practice of Animal Assisted Interventions: Exploring the Value of AAT/AAA
Taylor Chastain Griffin, Jennifer VonLintel, Erin Trella, Annie Kate Hudson
35. Animals in Education
Nancy R. Gee
36. Around the Arena: Equine-Assisted Services’ Foundation in Understanding Human-Horse Interactions
Aviva L Vincent, Robin Peth-Pierce
37. Assistance and Emotional Support Animals
Marguerite E. O'Haire, Leanne O. Nieforth, Clare L. Jensen, Sarah C. Leighton
38. Handler-Dog Interaction: Role of Operational Working Dogs from Past to Present
Melissa Singletary, Sarah Krichbaum, Lucia Lazarowski
39. Working Animals and Human-Animal Interactions
Tamara Tadich, Joao B. Rodrigues
40. Human-Nonhuman Interactions in the Animal Laboratory
Lesley A. Sharp, Garet Lahvis, Amy Robinson-Junker, Larry Carbone
41. Companion animals in times of crisis: Contemporary evidence from the COVID 19 pandemic
Jaume Fatjó, Jonathan Bowen
42. Human-animal interactions in an agricultural and production setting
Jose M. Peralta, Taylor Haefs
43. Farm-based interventions considering One Health - One Welfare
Lena Lidfors, Bente Berget, Karen Thodberg, Anna Lundberg
44. Public perceptions of farm animal welfare: the case of cow-calf separation
Lara V. Sirovica, Marina A.G. von Keyserlingk
45. Human Animal Interactions in Western Art
Laura D. Gelfand
46. Sinister Canines in the Media: Animals in Popular Culture
Margo DeMello
47. I’ll Get You… and Your Little Dog Too! Animal Cruelty and Kindness in the Cinema Over the Last Century
Randy Lockwood
48. Animals in our leisure and pleasure: Research for a more species equitable future
Carmel Nottle, Janette Young, Torben Nielsen, Kate Dashper, Zoei Sutton
49. Hunting and the Consumptive Use of Wildlife
Jacob Berl, Joshua T Wise
50. Human Animal Interactions with Non-Domestic Animals in Captive Settings
Petty Grieve, Marcy Souza
Epilogue
Aubrey H. Fine, Megan K. Mueller, Zenithson Y. Ng, Alan M. Beck, and Jose M. Peralta
Glossary
Stefanie Malzyner, Nicole Lorig, Kylie Bell, Morgan Starkweather
Biography
Dr. Aubrey Fine is a Professor Emeritus at California State Polytechnic University. He is the author and editor of numerous books on human-animal interactions, animal assisted interventions, children, and parenting.
Dr. Megan Mueller is an Associate Professor of Human-Animal Interaction at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University who studies the role of human-animal interaction in youth and families.
Dr. Zenithson Ng is a Clinical Associate Professor of small animal primary care at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine with interests spanning all aspects of the human-animal bond.
Dr. Alan M. Beck is a Professor who explores the relationship between people, animals, and their environment. He emphasizes the evolutionary bases for the interactions.
Dr. Jose M. Peralta is a Veterinary School Professor of animal welfare who is interested in the impact that the interaction between animals and humans has on the animals and their wellbeing.
"Anthrozoology - It’s such a broad interdisciplinary field! No wonder this new edited book by Aubrey Fine and his associates has over 50 chapters: something for everyone. I love seeing chapters by pioneers like Erika Friedmann and Susan Cohen, but also new names writing on animal topics related to developmental disabilities, crises, popular culture, leisure, cinema, ecotourism, and, of course, wildlife. This book will give anthrozoology new prominence in disciplines where it has a significant role but is still unknown by many people."
Lynette A. Hart, MA, PhD, Professor of Anthrozoology and Animal Behavior, University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine
"If you are looking for a current and comprehensive resource on anthrozoology and human-animal interactions, this handbook is it! Chapters reflect the diverse and interdisciplinary field of anthrozoology, going beyond animal-assisted interventions to also address ethics, animal cognition and sentience, animal abuse, human-wildlife interactions, working and emotional support animals, and more. Authored by accomplished leaders in their content areas, this handbook will be a valuable resource for those interested in the field and more experienced researchers and practitioners."
Sandra B. Barker, PhD, NCC, LPC, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, EMDR Certified Therapist and Consultant, Founding Director and Senior Advisor, School of Medicine Center for Human-Animal Interaction, Virginia Commonwealth University
The Routledge International Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology is a book many of us have been waiting for! This extraordinary resource, assembled under the guidance of the fields most committed luminaries, covers numerous issues at the forefront of the transdisciplinary field of human animal interaction, critical animal studies and anthrozoology.
With a focused emphasis on fairness and justice and forming reciprocal relationships with other animals, this timely and incredibly important compendium to the field of Human-Animal Interaction includes over 50 chapters encompassing the work of more that 100 leading thinkers, scholars, clinicians, researchers, and human-animal bond academic centers. The field of human-animal interaction and the anthrozoology literature, more than ever, has needed a go-to source offering contemporary understanding of the many intersectional and interconnected considerations of our relationships with other non-human members of our families and communities. This book is by far, the most comprehensive array of diverse and thought-provoking literature on this topic, making this a landmark publishing and academic achievement for promoting the relationship between people and other animals."
Philip Tedeschi, LCSW, Clinical Professor Institute for Human-Animal Connection, Affiliated Faculty and Director Emeritus, Institute for Animal Sentience and Protection
"What a pleasant experience: reading this handbook on human-animal interactions and anthrozoology. In a natural and careful way, the editors collected relevant and actual topics to be filled in by experienced scholars and practitioners to teach students and newbies in this wonderful field. It provides a wealth of information and addresses the multidisciplinary character of the field in a transparent way.
The Routledge Internation Handbook of Human-Animal Interactions and Anthrozoology is not only interesting for students and newbies, however is also great and accessible information for all of us working or interested in the field of human-animal interactions. It is updating us on the latest scientific insights, challenges, debates and best practices in this area.
I trust this handbook will find its way in many colleges and universities and on bookshelves of many libraries and individuals. Learning about so many perspectives of the human-animal interactions will enrich us and will help us to understand each other and will make the world a little bit better for humans and animals."
Prof.em.dr. Marie-Jose Enders-Slegers, Open University, the Netherlands, President I.A.H.A.I.O. (International Association of Human Animal Interaction Organizations)
