Tourism and Animal Ethics

1. Introduction -- 2. Animals and humans : an evolving relationship 1: misothery and theriophily in religious, philosophical, and cultural contexts -- 3. Animals and humans : an evolving relationship 2 : on the use of criteria to assign moral value to animals and associated theories -- 4. Captives -- 5. Animals at work in the service of the tourism industry -- 6. Animal combat and competition : blood, bravado, and betting -- 7. Animals pursued for sport and subsistence -- 8. Wildlife viewing -- 9. The animal threat -- 10. Conclusion.

There is a long history of the involvement of animals for tourism purposes in circuses, zoos, fairs, ecotourism and wildlife tourism, using animals as the prime focus of their experience. The wave of responsibility and sustainability that currently permeates the tourism field is catalyzing deeper moral questions about equity, equality, rights, justice, and values in regards to what constitutes acceptable tourism practice. Tourism and Animal Ethics represents a required extension of the sustainability imperative and environmental theory by providing a critical account of the role that animals p