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Factors influencing human attitudes to animals and their welfare
Abstract
This paper reviews the literature on human attitudes to animals, and postulates the existence of two primary motivational determinants of attitudes labelled ‘affect’ and ‘utility’. It also proposes that the relative strengths of these key attitude dimensions are affected by various modifying variables including the specific attributes of the animal, the individual characteristics and experience of the person evaluating the animal, and a range of cultural factors. The role of science as a cultural modifier of human attitudes to animals is also discussed.
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“For more than 40 years, studies have shown that the human–animal relationship, especially that with domestic and companion animals, is the result of a complex interactions between biological, psychological, social and cultural factors [12,13,14,15,16,17].”
From The Complexity of the Human–Animal Bond: Empathy, Attachment and Anthropomorphism in Human–Animal Relationships and Animal Hoarding (2022) · cites this paper as [12]
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“Serpell [12] suggests that the relative strength of these factors would depend on individual characteristics, experience, cultural factors and also on the specific attributes of animals.”
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“In addition, sociodemographic variables, such as gender, age, family structure, education level and previous experiences with animals, play a role [8,12,13,28,29,30].”
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“According to [12], two main aspects underlie human attitudes toward animals: “affect”, which can be defined as people’s affective and emotional responses to animals, and “utility”, i.e., people’s perceptions of animals’ instrumental value.”
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“Regarding animal characteristics, people generally do not see all animals as equal, as their physical and behavioral traits play a role in how they are perceived, considered and treated [12,17,51].”
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“These factors appear to be linked and influence each other, affecting people’s attitudes and beliefs towards animals and the way they are considered, treated and cared for [12,13,27,60,61].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Serpell, J.
- Venue
- Animal Welfare
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2004-02
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- S1
- Pages
- S145-S151
- ISSN
- 0962-7286
- 2054-1538
- Cited by
- 384
- References
- 1
- Language
- en
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