Whanganuilibrary.com
Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

Creature comforts : New Zealanders and their pets : an illustrated history / Nancy Swarbrick.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Dunedin, New Zealand : Otago University Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 291 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781877578618 (paperback)
  • 1877578614 (paperback)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Making introductions -- Happy homes -- A man's best friends? -- The fancy -- Learning to be kind -- Feels like Calf Club Day -- From helpers to heroes -- Pets or pests? -- Local legends -- One of the family.
Making introductions -- Happy homes -- A man's best friends? -- The fancy -- Learning to be kind -- Feels like a Calf Club Day -- From helpers to heroes -- Pets or pests? -- Local legends -- One of the family.
Summary: New Zealand has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world: more than half of all Kiwi households have a cat and nearly a third have a dog, while many have other pets. Yet until now no book has explored how pet keeping came to be such an integral part of the New Zealand way of life. [This book] does just this. By chronicling the major events and ideas that have shaped pet ownership in New Zealand, this ... book explains the strong relationship we have with our animal companions, and how this has changed over time. It looks at the social impact of fanciers organisations, the moral influence of the SPCA and other animal welfare groups, the educational role of calf clubs, and the debates stirred up by animal rights movements. Beautifully illustrated, with many previously unpublished historical images.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction Non-Fiction 636.0887 SWA 1 Available T00556286
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world--in 2011, 68 per cent of all Kiwi households had at least one pet: almost half had a cat and nearly a third had a dog. Yet until now no book has explored how pets came to be such an integral part of the New Zealand way of life. Creature Comforts does just this. By chronicling the major events and ideas that have shaped pet keeping in New Zealand, this fascinating and entertaining book explains the strong relationship we have with our animal friends, and how this has changed over time. It looks at the social impact of fanciers' organizations, the moral influence of the SPCA and other animal welfare groups, the educational role of calf clubs, and the questions raised by animal rights activists. Along the way, it tells the stories of some memorable companion animals. The book is beautifully illustrated and includes many previously unpublished historical images.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making introductions -- Happy homes -- A man's best friends? -- The fancy -- Learning to be kind -- Feels like Calf Club Day -- From helpers to heroes -- Pets or pests? -- Local legends -- One of the family.

Making introductions -- Happy homes -- A man's best friends? -- The fancy -- Learning to be kind -- Feels like a Calf Club Day -- From helpers to heroes -- Pets or pests? -- Local legends -- One of the family.

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of pet ownership in the world: more than half of all Kiwi households have a cat and nearly a third have a dog, while many have other pets. Yet until now no book has explored how pet keeping came to be such an integral part of the New Zealand way of life. [This book] does just this. By chronicling the major events and ideas that have shaped pet ownership in New Zealand, this ... book explains the strong relationship we have with our animal companions, and how this has changed over time. It looks at the social impact of fanciers organisations, the moral influence of the SPCA and other animal welfare groups, the educational role of calf clubs, and the debates stirred up by animal rights movements. Beautifully illustrated, with many previously unpublished historical images.

2 5 7 11 18 22 27 37 49 60 77 82 83 85 93 96 98 100 103 115 144 149 151 154 174 189

Powered by Koha