Quando a "ajuda é animalitária" : um estudo antropológico sobre sensibilidades e moralidades envolvidas no cuidado e proteção de animais abandonados a partir de Porto Alegre-RS

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2012

RESUMO

This is an ethnographic study of the relationship between humans and animals in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. In this study, general changes in attitude towards animals as well as more specific concerns regarding animal abandonment were analyzed. This investigation sought to identify the distinct moral codes and sensibilities involved in human-animal relations; moreover, transformations in expectations relative to human responsibility towards animals and their treatment were likewise observed. It was also noted that new modalities of militancy revealed themselves in the activities of local NGOs which shelter abandoned animals and organize pet adoption fairs. Ajuda animalitária, or ¿animal rescue¿ is the preferred designation for this type of commitment to the ¿animal cause¿, a term which has generated discursive confrontation in debates touching on the statute of animals. In turn, the effects of this militancy - which is frequently against animal merchandizing and the utilitarian use of animals ¿ unfold in society to such an extent that they even influence how the State has come to deal with these issues.

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anthropology antropologia social animais animals abandono sensibilities moralities adoção direito dos animais abandonment porto alegre (rs) adoption

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