voice of women for animal rights and welfare.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Animal rights.; Animal welfare.; Animal rights activists.; Animal rescue.; Women political activists.
Description: An interview study was conducted with women who are active in the animal rights and welfare movements. The purpose of conducting the research is to contribute to the existing literature on women who rescue, save, and/or protect animals and who also act as teachers and possibly role models for those people with whom they come in contact through their rescue work. Another purpose of the research is to determine whether the thoughts, values, and practices of the participants correspond with ecofeminist theory. The researcher interviewed, in one-on-one sessions, six women who share philosophies and beliefs with regard to animals and their need to be rescued. In addition, two women were interviewed (in a similar manner to the first group of women) but who act and work within an alternative framework with regard to their attitudes, philosophies, and beliefs toward animals. The research method used in this study is snowball sampling.By conducting interviews and giving the women the opportunities to express their voices, the researcher explored the significant and influential experiences and motivations in the lives of women who sincerely care and worry about animals, and who, through their actions and initiatives, demonstrate their care through rescuing, saving, and/or protecting animals from dangerous and life threatening situations. The researcher has attempted to determine what these women try to accomplish in their rescue work, whether and how they act as teachers and role models, why they work toward rescuing, saving, and/or protecting animals, and the extent to which their voices have been heard.
Notes: Adviser: Jack Miller.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 65-10, Section: A, page: 3683.