Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Rethinking Canid-Human Relations 3
5. Historical Canid-Human Relations
6. Dogs and Humans in Ancient Greece and Rome: Towards a Definition of Extended Appropriate Interaction 33
7. Well-Bred Is Well-Behaved: The Creation and Meaning of Dog Breeds 59
8. Significant Others: Fox Gods and Dog Generals in Pre-Modern Japan 84
9. Dogs in Space
10. Dogs, Dirt, and Public Space 113
11. Post-Human Families? Dog-Human Relations in the Domestic Sphere 135
12. Connected and Interconnected: Bali People and Bali Dogs 160
13. Street Dogs, Rights, and the Pursuit of Justice in India’s Dogopolis 176
14. Gone Stray: A Journey of Gou Mama and Their Fur-Kids 209
15. Caring for Istanbul’s Street Animals: Empathy, Altruism, and Rage 230
16. Exploitation
17. Eating Dogs 251
18. The Beagle Freedom Project: Activism, Advocacy, and Awareness 277
19. Wild Canids
20. Becoming “Us” 293
21. Time to Rethink the Wolf: Reflections on Captivity 313
22. Of Bounty and Beastly Tales: Wolves and the Canadian Imagination 337
23. Canid-Human Relations, Speciesism, and Overlooked Interlocking Systems of Oppression 355
24. Contributors 373
25. Index 379