Rethinking Rescue - Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets

In Los Angeles’s most underserved communities, Lori Weise is known as the Dog Lady, the woman who’s spent decades caring for people in poverty and the animals that love them. Long before anyone else, Weise grasped that animal and human suffering are inextricably connected and created a new rescue narrative: an enduring safety net empowering pet owners and providing resources to reduce the number of pets coming into shelters. As cities across the country witness some of the worst housing crises in history, and as the population of unhoused people and pets continues to skyrocket,

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• Autori: Carol Mithers, Mithers Carol
• Editore: Counterpoint
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.08.2025
• EAN: 9781640097278
• ISBN: 978-1-64009-727-8
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, PETS / Dogs / General, Political activism, Poverty & unemployment, Social issues & processes, Dogs as pets, Social and ethical issues, Housing & homelessness, Poverty and precarity, Housing and homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement