Human-animal studies. Coming to animal studies / by Susan McHugh --
Animal-human borders --
The social construction of animals. The joy of chickens / by Annie Potts --
Animals "in the wild" and in human societies. The colonial animal / by Walter Putnam --
The domestication of animals. Coming to animals / by Molly Mullin --
Display, performance, and sport. Working from within : an ethnographer in human-animal worlds / by Garry Marvin --
The making and consumption of meat --
The pet animal. Helping people, helping pets : working with VET SOS / by Cheryl Joseph --
Animals and science --
Animal-assisted activities. The healing gift of animals : animal-assisted therapy / by Cynthia Kay Chandler --
Working with animals. Working with people who work with animals / by Clinton Sanders --
Violence to animals. AniCare : treating animal abuse / by Kenneth Shapiro --
Human oppression and animal suffering. Connecting the dots : legitimating oppressions / by David Nibert --
Animals in human thought. Animals and the creative arts / by Carol Gigliotti --
Animals in religion and folklore. What do animals and religion have to do with each other? / by Laura Hobgood-Oster --
Animals in literature and film. Literary animal encounters / by Philip Armstrong --
Animal behavior studies and ethology. Doing and saying in play between dogs and people / by Robert W. Mitchell --
The moral status of animals. The morality of awareness / by Kathie Jenni --
The animal protection movement --
The future of the human-animal relationship.

Human-animal studies explores human-animal relations and the place of animals within human social and cultural worlds. Considering that much of human society is structured through its interaction with non-human animals, and since human society relies heavily on the exploitation of animals to serve human needs, human-animal studies has become a rapidly expanding field of research, featuring a number of distinct positions, perspectives, and theories that require nuanced explanation and contextualization.