Zoo Veterinarians

Governing Care on a Diseased Planet
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-61093-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 214 mm x 137 mm, Gewicht: 226 g

Reihe: Law, Science and Society

Despite their centrality to the operation of contemporary accredited zoo and aquarium institutions, the work of zoo veterinarians has rarely been the focus of a critical analysis in the social science and humanities. Drawing on in-depth interviews and observations of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, mainly in Europe and North America, this book highlights the recent transformation that has occurred in the zoo veterinarian profession during a time of ecological crisis, and what these changes can teach us about our rapidly changing planet.

Zoo vets, Braverman instructs us with a wink, have "gone wild." Originally an individual welfare-centered profession, these experts are increasingly concerned with the sustainability of wild animal populations and with ecological health. The story of zoo vets going wild—in their subjects of care, their motivations, and their ethical standards, as well as in their professional practices and scientific techniques—is also a story about zoo animals gone wild, wild animals encroaching the zoo, and, more generally, a wild world that is becoming "zoo-ified." Such transformations have challenged existing veterinary standards and practices. Exploring the regulatory landscape that governs the work of zoo and aquarium veterinarians, Braverman traverses the gap between the hard and soft sciences and between humans and nonhumans.

At the intersection of animal studies, socio-legal studies, and science and technology studies, this book will appeal not only to those interested in zoos and in animal welfare, but also to scholars in the posthumanities.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braverman, Irus

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Umweltrecht Umweltrecht allg., Technikrecht, Immissionsschutzrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Tier- und Umweltschutz
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Schul-, Hochschul- und Prüfungsrecht, Wissenschaftsrecht, Forschung
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Medizin- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin Veterinärmedizin
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Verwaltungsrecht Verwaltungspraxis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Zoo Veterinarians Gone Wild: Meddling as Methodology in Times of Crisis 1. "Saving Species, One Individual at a Time": Zoo Veterinarians Between Welfare and Conservation 2. Fluid Encounters: Aquariums and their Veterinarians on a Rapidly Changing Planet 3. Fleshy Encounters: The Corporeality of Bodies and Tools 4. Caring and Killing: Euthanasia in Zoos and Aquariums Conclusion. Planet Doctors: One Health From Koalas to Coronavirus

Über Autor(innen)

Irus Braverman is Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor in Geography at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York. She has authored and edited nine books, including Zooland: The Institution of Captivity (2012), Wild Life: The Institution of Nature (2015), and Coral Whisperers: Scientists on the Brink (2018).