Since the 1960s, zoos and aquariums have been challenged by animal rights activists, regulatory agencies, anti-tax advocates, and an assortment of litigators. This study draws upon interviews, archival sources, Congressional records, court cases, regulatory hearings, media accounts, and the authors' field research.
Since the 1960s, zoos and aquariums have been challenged by animal rights activists, regulatory agencies, anti-tax advocates, and an assortment of lit...
Since the 1960s, zoos and aquariums have been repeatedly challenged by animal rights activists, regulatory agencies, anti-tax advocates, and an assortment of litigators. Working through the American Zoological Association, these institutions learned to use the U.S. political system to their advantage and, simultaneously, crafted a more progressive public mission. This original study draws upon interviews, archival sources, Congressional records, court cases, regulatory hearings, media accounts, and the authors' ongoing field research.
Since the 1960s, zoos and aquariums have been repeatedly challenged by animal rights activists, regulatory agencies, anti-tax advocates, and an assort...
This book examines how zoo animals can benefit from a global legal revolution in which animals are gaining personhood and citizenship rights. It moves the scholarship about zoos beyond a general discussion of ethics to a concrete set of suggestions on how to increase legal rights for zoo animals.
This book examines how zoo animals can benefit from a global legal revolution in which animals are gaining personhood and citizenship rights. It moves...
