Episode 13: Justice to Man’s Best Friend: The Ethics of Commercial Dog Breeding, with Candace Croney

Humanities Matter by Brill

English - April 22, 2020 14:00 - 18 minutes - 12.6 MB
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Selective breeding of dogs currently helps meet the high demand for purebred dogs, but there are concerns about the ethicality of this practice.

In this podcast, Dr. Candace C. Croney of Purdue University talks about commercial breeding practices in the United States, social opposition to the practice, and the potential consequences of its outright abolition on the beings central to the discussion: dogs themselves. Her discussion is an extension of her paper “Turning up the Volume on Man’s Best Friend: Ethical Issues Associated with Commercial Dog Breeding,” which is published in Brill’s Journal of Applied Animal Ethics Research.

Guest: Candace Croney

Host: Emily Tamkin