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May 2024Breed 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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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2024Dog 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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July 2023One 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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March 2019Die Zauberschneiderei / Die Zauberschneiderei (5). Der Tag der Zuckerwünsche
by Brandt, Ina
Tanzalarm in Lenis Schule! Sogar die sonst so coole Maya denkt nur noch an Schrittfolgen und bunte Kostüme. Als Leni und Flo sie zum Tanzunterricht begleiten, treffen sie dort auf Emma. Das kleine Mädchen soll bei der Nussknacker-Aufführung die Zuckerfee spielen. Doch etwas scheint ihr sämtlichen Mut zu nehmen. Will etwa ein Finster-Freund Emmas Traum zerstören? Emma ist verzweifelt, ihre Tanzlehrerin ratlos. Leni, Maya und Flo wollen helfen - natürlich in Ariane Arrugas Zauberschneiderei!
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September 1980Emma
Roman
by Jane Austen, Hugh Thomson, Charlotte Gräfin Klinckowstroem
Mit der Ehe hat Emma, die Titelheldin in Jane Austens viertem großen Roman, erklärtermaßen nichts im Sinn. Doch andere zu verkuppeln ist geradezu ihr Steckenpferd, das sie bravourös zu beherrschen glaubt. So greift sie in das Leben der 17jährigen Harriet Smith ein, will sie mit dem allseits begehrten Mr. Elton verheiraten und verkennt darüber deren wirkliche Gefühle – sowie ihre eigenen. Emma ist eine satirische »Komödie der Irrungen«, die ein realistisches Bild des englischen Landadels um 1800 zeichnet.
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February 2014Mission Phönix - Die Entführung des Prinzen
Band 2
by Chase, Max / Englisch Margineanu, Sandra
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August 2023Thabo und Emma. 3 Abenteuer in einem Band
by Kirsten Boie, Maja Bohn
Sanibonani! Euer Detektiv-Team am Tatort Afrika. In Eswatini (das ist im südlichen Afrika und hieß früher Swasiland) heißt „Sanibonani“ „Guten Tag“, und so höflich würde euch Thabo, der kleine Detektiv und Gentleman, bestimmt begrüßen, wenn ihr ihn treffen würdet. Aber wahrscheinlich sind Thabo und seine Freundin Emma gerade mal wieder mit Ermittlungen in einem spannenden Fall beschäftigt. Genauer gesagt, in einer von drei spannenden Detektivgeschichten, die du in diesem Sammelband alle lesen kannst. Ob verschwundene Schrottautos oder gestohlene Wassertanks, die Verbrecher rund um Hlatikulu und den Lion Park sollten sich in Acht nehmen, die Kinderdetektive Thabo und Emma sind nämlich die cleversten von ganz Afrika. Also, auf ins Nashorn-Abenteuer im Safari Park. „Sala kahle“, wie Thabo sagen würde. Eine Nashorn-Spur kommt selten allein … Dicker Sammelband mit drei Freundschafts- und Detektivgeschichten. Enthält den Fall „Ein böser Verdacht“ sowie zwei neue Geschichten. Spannende Kriminalfälle, bei denen du auch viel über den Alltag in Afrika erfährst. Cool: extra zum Kinostart des ersten Thabo-Films. Die Autorin Kirsten Boie – du kennst sie von „Der kleine Ritter Trenk“ oder „Sommerby“ – unterstützt mit ihrer Möwenweg-Stiftung Kinder und Frauen in Eswatini. Empfohlen von der Stiftung Lesen.
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WALKING THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR
by Emma-Jane Cross
In Walking the Wheel of the Year holistic life coach, spiritual guide and pagan priestess Emma-Jane Cross supports you to create your own spiritual and personal growth path using nature’s seasonal rhythm as the catalyst for personal and spiritual growth.An inspirational tool to start living a lifestyle connected to nature’s rhythm, this book can be used as a year-long workbook to carry out various seasonal activities, journeys and ceremonies throughout the year.
