A central feature in our lives with companion animals is the use of force. Instances of physical restraint in the home are ubiquitous. We hold our animals still so often that we might not even be ...

NZPFRV copy Purchased from the SIL Wildlife Conservation Endowment. "Proper handling and restraint are essential to the welfare of captive animals, allowing them to be examined, groomed and treated in ...

Indeed, physical restraint has been so normalized in our relations with companion animals that we hardly give it a second thought. But it needs a second thought, and a third, because it has the ...