Underdogs: Pets, People, and Poverty

by Arnold Arluke and Andrew Rowan

Book Overview

Underdogs looks into the rapidly growing initiative to provide veterinary care to underserved communities in North Carolina and Costa Rica and how those living in or near poverty respond to these forms of care. For many years, the primary focus of the humane community in the United States was to control animal overpopulation and alleviate the stray dog problem by euthanizing or sterilizing dogs and cats. These efforts succeeded by the turn of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820358223
• ISBN13: 9780820358222
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"