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Leaving the wild, the unnatural history of dogs, cats, cows, and horses, Gavin Ehringer

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Leaving the wild

Gavin Ehringer

the unnatural history of dogs, cats, cows, and horses

Dogs -- A wolf among men -- The generic dog -- The first breeders -- England goes to the dogs -- A breed is born -- Pity the pit bull -- Let sleeping dogs lie -- Cats -- Of mice and men (and cats) -- Cat cult culture -- Putting the evil in medieval -- Catching a break -- Life in the great indoors -- Alley cat blues -- Fancy cats -- Cows -- The cheeseburger: a natural history -- Sex and the single cow -- Frankencattle? -- Three dairies, act one: the raw deal -- Three dairies, act two: cows in the machine -- Three dairies, act three: emerald pastures -- The moo-niverse -- Horses -- Life on a horse ranch -- In the beginning -- Horses and humans -- When horsemen ruled the world -- Arabians, from breed to greed -- The all-American horse -- Conclusion -- A baker's dozen best practices of pet animal breeders