Gavin Ehringer
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 356 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The domestication of animals changed the course of human history. But what about the animals who abandoned their wild existence in exchange for our care and protection? Domestication has proven to be a wildly successful survival strategy. But this success has not been without its drawbacks. A modern dairy cow's daily energy output equals that of a Tour de France rider. Feral cats overpopulate urban areas. And our methods of breeding horses and dogs...