- ISSN: 2588-8277
- E-ISSN: 2667-162X
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oa HET DODEN VAN DIEREN IN NEDERLAND, 1860-1940
Een onbehaaglijk onderdeel van de mens-dierrelatie
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: De Moderne Tijd, Volume 2, Issue 3-4, Jan 2018, p. 326 - 347
Abstract
A inconvenient part of the human-animal relationship
This article explores the rise of the animal protection movement and its propaganda to improve the humane killing of animals in the Netherlands. From 1880 onwards, veterinarians became advisors of animal protection societies because they were considered objective judges with scientific knowledge of animal physiology. Between 1880 and 1922 cruelty to animals decreased significantly by the development and introduction of asphyxiation cages for pets and stunning equipment for slaughter animals. Although criticized, ritual slaughter remained legal. The debate on killing methods for animals with the tensions between scientific knowledge and emotions has been with us for one and a half centuries and continues today.
