Animal Activism and the Zoo-Networked Nation

The first American zoos commanded the attention of early animal activists around the turn of the twentieth century. This essay argues that all zoogoers in the first zoos took part in popularizing a discourse about both animal welfare and “animal rights.” This essay also posits that as zoos were net...

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Main Author: Daniel Vandersommers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Humanimalia 2015-03-01
Series:Humanimalia
Online Access:https://humanimalia.org/article/view/9914