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This timely book provides a critical account of the role that animals play in the tourism industry, representing an extension of the sustainability imperative and environmental theory.
Written by a leading academic and author, Tourism and Animal Ethics explores the rich history of animal ethics research, both inside and outside of tourism studies, for the purpose of providing greater theoretical, empirical, conceptual, and practical guidance. It examines historical and current practices of the use of animals in the tourism industry from both in situ to ex situ consumption and production perspectives, identifying a range of ethical issues associated with such use. This second edition has been updated to reflect contemporary research and thinking around animal welfare, hunting, and consumption with new chapters on animals as food, and policy at the national and international levels. New case studies have been integrated throughout.
Offering an interdisciplinary overview of the moral issues related to the use of animals in tourism through cutting-edge research, this book is essential reading for students, academics, and researchers interested in tourism ethics, sustainable tourism, and wildlife tourism.
1. Introduction
2. Animal Misothery and Theriophily
3. Animal Ethics Theories
4. Animal Captives
5. Animals at Work...and Leisure
6. Animal Combat and Competition
7. Animals Pursued for Sport and Subsistence
8. Wildlife Viewing
9. Animals as Food
10. The Animal Threat
11. Leadership Realities; Theoretical Guidance (1)
12. Theoretical Guidance (2)
13. Conclusion
David A. Fennell teaches and researches in the Department of Geography and Tourism Studies, Brock University, Canada. He has written widely on the topics of ecotourism and tourism ethics, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Ecotourism.
Reviews of the first edition:
"The value of Tourism and Animal Ethics is not that it is a unifying call to arms, but rather that it actively encourages debate and discussion about a topic that has gone largely without such meaningful dialog in tourism circles."
– Jonathan R. Hicks, Department of Recreation. Sport and Tourism. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"This is excellent book about tourism and animals I highly recommend. A glance at the table of contents and index will show you how wide-ranging and important it is."
– Dr. Marc Bekoff (January 2016), University of Colorado.
