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Leaving the wild : the unnatural history of dogs, cats, cows, and horses / Gavin Ehringer.

Ehringer, Gavin, (author.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781681775562
  • ISBN: 1681775565
  • Physical Description: xii, 356 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Pegagus Books edition
  • Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Dogs -- A wolf among men -- The generic dog -- The first breeders -- England goes to the dogs -- A breed is born -- Pity the pit bull -- Let sleeping dogs lie -- Cats -- Of mice and men (and cats) -- Cat cult culture -- Putting the evil in medieval -- Catching a break -- Life in the great indoors -- Alley cat blues -- Fancy cats -- Cows -- The cheeseburger: a natural history -- Sex and the single cow -- Frankencattle? -- Three dairies, act one: the raw deal -- Three dairies, act two: cows in the machine -- Three dairies, act three: emerald pastures -- The moo-niverse -- Horses -- Life on a horse ranch -- In the beginning -- Horses and humans -- When horsemen ruled the world -- Arabians, from breed to greed -- The all-American horse -- Conclusion -- A baker's dozen best practices of pet animal breeders.
Subject: Domestic animals > History.
Animal breeding.
Human-animal relationships.
Dogs > Breeding.
Cats > Breeding.
Cattle > Breeding.
Horses > Breeding.

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