Human-animal relationships
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Barking in unison : shared stories of volunteer workers at a local SPCA shelter, 2008
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cas
Identifier: b2271260
Introduction [excerpt]
Animal shelter volunteers represent an interesting group to study for several reasons. These volunteers often work in stressful surroundings. They are caretakers for the very animals they sometimes must put to death. Resources are often scarce. There never seems to be enough money, enough space, enough time. And yet these unpaid lovers of animals keep coming back, day after day,...
Dates:
2008
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Exploring animal rescuers : motivation ; compassion-fatigue ; symbols ; gender and human-animal bonds, 2018
Item — Call number MU Thesis Sal
Identifier: b7929343
Abstract
A systematic investigation was performed, including research development, testing and evaluation desgined to develop and contribute to the generalized knowledge of animal rescuers: exploring who they are regarding their motivation, their experiences of compassion-fatigue, how symbolism is found throughout the rescue culture, how gender relates to animal rescue, and effects of human-animal bond. Primary research involved participant-observation, surveys and interviews. Diaries were kept by...
Dates:
2018
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Mapping the Pleistocene : understanding the relationship between Paleoindian peoples and Pleistocene megafauna in the American Northeast using maps, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Kni
Identifier: b7931885
Abstract
This thesis explores possible interactions between Paleoindian peoples of New Jersey and two surrounding states: New York and Pennsylvania and extinct megafauna species based on archaeological and cartographic evidence. For years, archaeologists and paleontologists had assumed that Paleoindian peoples hunted these giant mammals into extinction. Lately, this theory has come under fire from critics who propose that climate change had a bigger impact. Currently, there is very little...
Dates:
2022
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives