Leaving the Wild: The Unnatural History of Dogs, Cats, Cows, and Horses

by Gavin Ehringer

Book Overview

Human values and choices determine an animal's lot in life even before he or she is born. Just as a sculptor's hands shape clay, so human values shape our animals--for good and or ill. The little-examined, yet omnipresent act of breeding lies at the core of Gavin Ehringer's eye-opening book. You'll meet cows cloned from steaks, a Quarter horse stallion valued at $7.5 million, Chinese dogs that glow in the dark, and visit a Denver cat show featuring...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681775565
• ISBN13: 9781681775562
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"