The Differences in Animal Care under the Urban-Rural Dual Structure: Cognition, Emotion, and Action

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10.2991/978-2-38476-462-4_76How to use a DOI?

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pets; stray animals; anthropomorphism; animal protection; animal ethics

Abstract

This study regards ethics and the theory of animal citizenship as the framework. Through content analysis and representative cases in urban and rural areas, it deconstructs the mechanism of differences in animal care between urban and rural areas in the three dimensions of cognition, emotion, and action.

The research reveals the core predicament of animal ethics in China—in cities, animal rights are “sequentially ordered” (pets>stray animals), while in rural areas, animals are generally regarded as disposable resources. Based on this, the solutions are proposed: Establish a differentiated responsibility system between urban and rural areas, and break through the communication barriers through narrative reconstruction to explore localized solutions for animal protection between instrumental rationality and value rationality.

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AU  - Yue Zuo
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/12
TI  - The Differences in Animal Care under the Urban-Rural Dual Structure: Cognition, Emotion, and Action
BT  - Proceedings of the 2025 9th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 677
EP  - 684
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-462-4_76
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