Nikki Shaw

RVN in West Yorkshire and is reading for an MA in Anthrozoology with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK

Figures 1. Harmless beautification or harmful modification? (Goldfish from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Goldfish_Bub-ble_Eye.jpg. Dachshund courtesy of Pat Endersby).

When is a pet not a pet? Rethinking the ethics of animal terminology

According to Taylor (1986), there are three major philosophical traditions in the ‘West’ which have biased human beings over non-human animals: classical Greek thought; Biblical doctrine; and the...