Orientations to nonhuman animal welfare: A view from the border

Society and Animals

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 372-389

  Faver, Catherine A ^a   Muñoz, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare attitudes; Animal welfare orientations; Latinos; Social workers; Treatment of animals; Uses of animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905269796     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685306-12341345     Document Type: Article

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