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Promoted ContentMay 2024
Breed Differences in Dog Behavior
Why Tails Wag Differently
by Renee L Ha, Tracy L Brad, James C Ha
Humans have bred dogs for physical and behavioral characteristics for millennia. These efforts can have unintended side effects, however, which may be either advantageous or cause issues - such as a predisposition to certain medical complaints, or, controversially, behavioural issues. The scientific study of domestic dogs is still in its infancy, but public demand for this information is at a record high as more and more pet owners seek to understand their canine family members. Focusing on the behavioral differences and tendencies that have arisen in different breed lines, this book explores, summarizes, and explains the scientific evidence on what breed can tell us about behaviour - and, crucially, what it cannot. This book covers: - the impact of inbreeding, how it contributes to problematic behavioral issues such as anxiety and aggression, and how it potentially affects the future health of the breed; - the limits of predicting a dog's behavior based upon breed, individual differences within breeds, and thus the corresponding limitations of breed-specific legislation; - guidance for professionals to help their clients better understand behavioral issues, traits, and appropriate expectations around the right breed for their household. Providing a comprehensive and approachable view of the science behind breed-specific behaviors, this book gives dog enthusiasts from all professional and personal backgrounds a better understanding of why dogs do what they do, and how we can improve our relationships with our canine companions. Covering genetics, phylogeny of canids, temperament, aggression, social behavior, and the history of dog breeding, it is an important read for researchers, students, veterinary practitioners and animal behaviourists, as well as shelter staff, dog trainers, or anyone looking for a greater understanding of dog breed differences.
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Promoted ContentHumanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2024
Dog politics
Species stories and the animal sciences
by Mariam Motamedi Fraser
Do dogs belong with humans? Scientific accounts of dogs' 'species story,' in which contemporary dog-human relations are naturalised with reference to dogs' evolutionary becoming, suggest that they do. Dog politics dissects this story. This book offers a rich empirical analysis and critique of the development and consolidation of dogs' species story in science, asking what evidence exists to support it, and what practical consequences, for dogs, follow from it. It explores how this story is woven into broader scientific shifts in understandings of species, animals, and animal behaviours, and how such shifts were informed by and informed transformative political events, including slavery and colonialism, the Second World War and its aftermath, and the emergence of anti-racist movements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The book pays particular attention to how species-thinking bears on 'race,' racism, and individuals.
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Trusted PartnerJuly 2023
One Health for Dog-mediated Rabies Elimination in Asia
A Collection of Local Experiences
by Vanessa Slack, Deborah Nadal, Sandul Yasobant, Florence Cliquet, Waqas Ahmad, Nihal Pushpakumara, Sumon Ghosh
Although an effective rabies vaccine has existed since 1885, rabies continues to kill an estimated 59,000 people, and uncalculated animals, every year. Sixty per cent of these human deaths occur in Asia. To work towards the global target of eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030, the rabies community is applying the One Health approach. Written by a multidisciplinary group of scholars and rabies control programme specialists, this book is a collection of experiences and observations on the challenges and successes along the path to rabies control and prevention in Asia. It: - Grounds chapters in solid scientific theory, but retains a direct, practice-focused and inspirational approach; - Provides numerous examples of lessons learned and experience-based knowledge gained across countries at different levels of rabies control and elimination; - Brings together and highlights the practices of a strong, international rabies network that works according to the One Health concept. Covering perspectives from almost a dozen Asian countries and a wide range of sectors and disciplines, such as healthcare facilities, veterinary services, laboratories, academia, public health institutes and wildlife research centres, this book is an invaluable resource for rabies scholars and practitioners, but also those working in the wider fields of disease control and cross-sectoral One Health.
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Mission Phönix - Die Entführung des Prinzen
Band 2
by Chase, Max / Englisch Margineanu, Sandra
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Alina westwärts/Paradies
Stücke und Materialien
by Dirk Dobbrow, Rosa Frank, Annette Höfer, Martin Joppen, Barbara Engelhardt
Dirk Dobbrow, am 6. Dezember 1966 in Berlin geboren, schlug sich nach dem Abitur als Zeitungsbote, Altenpfleger und Radiosprecher durch und besuchte eine private Schauspielschule. Er arbeitete zwei Jahre lang als Schauspieler am Stadttheater Lüneburg, es folgten Engagements an verschiedenen Theatern in Berlin, u.a. der Vaganten Bühne und dem Schloßparktheater. Schließlich widmete er sich ganz dem Schreiben. Er lebt heute als Autor in Berlin und schreibt Theaterstücke und Prosa. 1995 erschien Diva, Dirk Dobbrows erstes Theaterstück, das am 2. März 1996 am Schauspielhaus Bochum in der Regie von Gil Mehmert uraufgeführt wurde. Halbwertzeiten veröffentlichte er 1996, das Stück wurde für den Heidelberger Stückemarkt nominiert. Late Night erschien 1998, 1999 Legoland, das am 28. Januar 2000 am Kleist Theater Frankfurt/Oder in der Regie von Michael Funke uraufgeführt wurde und für das Dirk Dobbrow den Kleist-Förderpreis für junge Dramatiker erhielt. Das Stück wurde außerdem zu den Mülheimer Theatertagen eingeladen. Hundemund kam am 21. Januar 2000 am Maxim Gorki Theater im Schiller Theater, Berlin, im Rahmen der Schillernacht der Autoren, unter der Regie von K. D. Schmidt zur Uraufführung. Dobbrows Theaterstück Alina westwärts (2001) wurde für den Stückemarkt des 38. Berliner Theatertreffens nominiert, es kommt am 13. Juni 2002 am Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern unter der Regie von Michael Funke zur Uraufführung. Dirk Dobbrow wurde dafür außerdem mit dem Else Lasker-Schüler-Stückepreis ausgezeichnet. Für das 2001 entstandene Stück Paradies erhielt er das erstmals gestiftete BHF-Bank Stipendium Frankfurter Positionen. Der Mann der Polizistin ist sein Prosadebüt.
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Mission Phönix - Akademie der Sterne
Band 1
by Chase, Max / Englisch Margineanu, Sandra
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Mission Phönix - Im Sturm der Asteroiden
Band 3
by Chase, Max / Englisch Margineanu, Sandra
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