Having our dogs and eating them too: Why animals are a social issue

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 633-644

  Serpell, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 68149156087     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01617.x     Document Type: Article

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