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From Pets to Pests: Testing the Scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” Hypothesis
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Positive relationships with pets can sometimes foster more positive
judgments of other animals. The present study sought to examine
the scope of this “pets as ambassadors” effect in relation to four
meaningful animal categories (companion, farmed, predator, and
pest) derived from the Animal Images Database (Animal.ID). The
Animal.ID contains ratings from 376 Portuguese individuals on
pet attachment and several dimensions related to animal
attributes and moral concern for 120 different animals, which
offered insights into the scope and nature of the “pets as
ambassadors” effect. Pet attachment was related positively to
ethical concern for animals and lower levels of speciesism. The
relationship between pet attachment and animal attributions
were expressed, beyond companion animals, most consistently
for predators and farmed animals, and least of all pests. The
benefits of pet attachment centered mostly on aesthetic
judgments and benevolent feelings toward predators and farmed
animals, sentience attributions for pests, and concerns about the
killing of all animal groups for human consumption. Pet
attachment did not reliably relate to the attributions individuals
made about the intelligence or dangerousness of animals, or
their similarity to humans. The findings help clarify how pets
might serve as ambassadors for other animals.
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Attitudes human–animal interaction pet attachment pets as ambassadors
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Catarina Possidónio, Jared Piazza, João Graça, Marília Prada (2021). From Pets to Pests: Testing the Scope of the “Pets as Ambassadors” Hypothesis. Anthrozoös, 34(5), 707-722. DOI: 10.1080/08927936.2021.1926708