Anthropology › Section R · Humans and animals › Topic R.5
Animal industries and the animal trade
Zoos, wildlife tours, laboratories and meat-packing plants all turn animals into sources of income, knowledge or food. Anthropologists study these industries to ask how societies justify them, who does the work, and how attitudes to animals are changing.
In this topic
- Animals as commodities
- Royal menageries
- Zoos and empire
- Zoos reinvented
- Worked example: counting condors
- Ecotourism
- The Galápagos model
- Animals in the laboratory
- Worked example: the kill floor
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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