The Ethics of Animal Shelters

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Valery Giroux (Associate Director, Associate Director, University of Montreal) Kristin Voigt (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, McGill University)

The Ethics of Animal Shelters

Valery Giroux (Associate Director, Associate Director, University of Montreal), Kristin Voigt (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, McGill University), Angie Pepper (Lecturer in Philosophy, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Roehampton)

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Oxford University Press Inc
10 August 2023

Ethics & moral philosophy; The countryside, country life

Ethical dilemmas and decision-making are a persistent feature of the everyday operations of animal shelters and animal protection organizations. These organizations frequently face difficult decisions about how to treat the animals in their care, decisions that are made all the more difficult by limited funding, material resources, and human labor.

Moreover, animal protection organizations must also determine how to act within and toward the wider social and institutional environment in which non-human animals are routinely exploited. The first section of The Ethics of Animal Shelters contains practical recommendations developed by ethicists in response to the ethical challenges identified by employees of the Montreal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. These challenges arise across the organization's activities, including its internal structure; shelter operations; public campaigns and advocacy work; dealing with the public, animal agriculture and governmental agencies; and their work with feral animals.

The second section offers philosophical analyses of the ethical challenges unique to animal shelters. Issues explored include the killing of shelter animals; shelter animals' diets; medical decision-making procedures; adoption policies; and the role shelters might play in transforming social attitudes and norms.

Edited by: Valery Giroux (Associate Director Associate Director University of Montreal), Kristin Voigt (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, McGill University), Angie Pepper (Lecturer in Philosophy, Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Roehampton)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9780197678633
ISBN 10: 0197678637
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 10 August 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Valéry Giroux is Associate Director of the Centre de recherche en éthique (CRÉ) at Université de Montréal. Angie Pepper is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Roehampton. Kristin Voigt is Associate Professor at McGill University.