Comparison of vegetarians and non-vegetarians on pet attitude and empathy

Anthrozoos

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 387-395

  Preylo, Brooke Dixon ^a   Arikawa, Hiroko ^a,b  

^a Forest Institute of Professional Psychology   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal cruelty; Diet; Empathy; Pet attitude; Vegetarians

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 57449104041     PISSN: 08927936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175303708X371654     Document Type: Article

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