Humans encounter and use animals in a stunning number of ways. The nature of these
animals and the justifiability or unjustifiabilitly of human uses of them are the subject matter�…

More than three decades ago, Stephen Kellert surveyed> 3000 Americans to gain a better
understanding of their attitudes toward wildlife. We used a web-based questionnaire to�…

Having pets at home provides various social, health, and educational benefits to children.
The question of how keeping pets at home affects the attitudes of children toward wild�…

The researchers surveyed 206 residents of a Hispanic community on the Texas-Mexico
border about their behaviors and attitudes toward companion animals. Selected members of�…

As animal industry and animal advocacy groups debate how farm animals should be
treated, little research has focused on the attitudes of consumers in the United States. This�…

This article investigates the idea of moral status for nonhuman animals and how that status
compares to the moral status of most humans. It considers whether some artifacts and�…

Many factors may influence the outcome of surveys on how people view the use of animals
in research. Some aspects are related to the instrument used, whereas others are related to�…

The instructional use of animals is a popular strategy to engage students with science,
enhance their motivation, and promote values such as respect, tolerance, and empathy for�…

Understanding attitudes toward farm animal welfare has the potential to foster an important
link between the researching of welfare issues and the implementation of those findings. In�…

In this study, 185 British and 143 American undergraduates completed a battery of tests that
measured attitudes toward animal testing and various individual difference variables�…