Potcakes,9781557533340

Potcakes

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ISBN13: 9781557533340
ISBN10: 1557533342
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-01-24
Publisher(s): Purdue Univ Pr
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Summary

The dog population in the Bahamas consists mainly of mongrels, called "Potcakes," a term unique to the greater Bahamas archipelago. Potcakes provides the first systematic study of dog ownership in a Caribbean society by investigating the Bahamian perceptions of "pet" and "responsible pet ownership" in the context of both dog overpopulation concerns and how "image" dogs like Rottweilers and Pit Bulls have interacted with and altered the Potcake population.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Foreword: The Bahamian Perspective xiii
V. Alfred Gray
Foreword: The Human-Animal Bond xv
Alan M. Beck
The Potcake in Me xvii
Marion Bethel
New Providence
1(4)
Dogs in New Providence
5(10)
Potcakes
15(8)
Organizations Associated with Dogs
23(8)
What Is a ``Pet''?
31(6)
Pet Attachment
37(8)
Responsibilities of Owners Towards Pets
45(12)
Roaming Dogs
57(14)
Tourists and Roaming Dogs
71(8)
Owned Dogs
79(18)
The Role of Dogs in Household Security
97(6)
Attitudes and Actions towards Neutering
103(12)
Economic Aspects of Dog Ownership
115(4)
Cruelty to Dogs
119(6)
Health Issues Related to Dogs
125(6)
Dog Bites
131(6)
What Future for the Potcake?
137(8)
Appendix 1: Questions Used in the Pet Attachment Study 145(2)
Appendix 2: Notes on the Derivation of the Balance Sheet 147(2)
Notes 149(36)
Index 185

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