Animals in sport are a specific form of working animals. Many animals, at least in more commercial sports, are highly trained. Two of the most common animals in sport are horses and dogs. There are many types of animal sporting events, with …

2023年11月9日 · The role of animals in the realm of sport is the focus of this special issue which delves into the nuanced intersections of sport, animals, and ethics. For millennia, humans have forged multifaceted relationships with animals in various athletic endeavours, and to date, the literature on this phenomenon remains limited.

Despite these changes, leather remains ubiquitous in sports. Here are a few examples of how leather is being used in various sports: Badminton: The shuttlecock in badminton is used from plucking feathers from live ducks and geese, which causes these animals great pain.

2022年11月7日 · Because sports have played a huge role in society, it is not surprising that we as humans have included animals in some sports, but sometimes to the detriment of the animal. Some of these sports that include animals include horse racing, equestrian, dog racing, rodeos, rat races, and even dog fights.

Humans recognized centuries ago that many animals possess such skills naturally and could be used in sporting events. In the United States today the major sports in which animals are involved are horse racing, greyhound racing, sled dog racing, rodeos, and organized animal fighting.

2012年6月12日 · Animals like to run, roll, and play just as we do. Make sure they can get their summer playtime, too, by opting for sports equipment that doesn’t use sheep intestines, pig skins, cow hides, or other animal materials. Here are a few great animal-friendly options: Eco Sports Equipment. Everyone’s a winner with Eco Sports!

This chapter begins by reviewing briefly the multiple ways animals are inserted into sport through eight conceptual types of typical involvement of animals (Atkinson and Gibson, 2014) in the animal-sport complex (Young, 2017). Subsequently, I review the study of animals in sport and the so-called ‘animal turn’.

2022年9月21日 · From early studies of animal violence/rights and companionship in sports to more recent debates regarding the deep punctuation of animals within more-than-human sports and leisure networks, sociologists of sport have produced key works contributing to the larger sociology of animals library.

2012年10月11日 · This paper suggests a hybrid ethical view, which argues in favour of both the continued use of animals for sport and limitations for that use based on respect for telos and physiological norms. It concludes that the pre-eminent current ethical question about sporting animals is: ‘ Just because the animal is prepared to do as we ask, should we ...