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Kampfer, K. M. (2005). Meaning and motivation in desert tortoise caretaking: explorations of human-animal relationships, pet-keeping practices, and the human-reptile bond. Unpublished thesis , Pacifica Graduate Institute.
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| Resource type: Thesis/Dissertation BibTeX citation key: Kampfer2005 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Gopherus, Gopherus agassizii, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Testudinidae, Verhalten = ethology Creators: Kampfer Publisher: Pacifica Graduate Institute |
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Testudinidae Gopherus agassizii Formal examination of the phenomenon of the human-animal bond has drawn increasing attention in the professional literature during the past half century. This dissertation focuses on motivation and meaning in the lives of desert tortoise caretakers in the southwest United States and addresses a specialized subset of interspecies interactions: the examination of human-reptile relationships with specific focus on relationships between humans and desert tortoises. This author conducted a survey of desert tortoise caretakers in a subsection of the southwest United States with respondents of the study primarily located in southern Nevada. This author's almost lifelong relationship and soulful connection with desert tortoises is detailed in the Introduction. The Literature Review provides a brief overview of cross-cultural, historical, and contemporary views of pet-keeping practices which demonstrate the pervasive nature of pet-keeping and the human-animal bond, including human-reptile relationships in global terms. Following a brief review of the current professional literature examining the human-animal bond, a major review is devoted to information about and study of reptilian species. Reptilian images in the human psyche are examined from a depth psychological perspective in the context of mythology, symbolism, creation myths, past and present manifestations of dragon and dinosaur imagery throughout cultures, and relevant modern literature related to the human-reptile bond. Following a statement of the research problem and related questions, the Methodology and Procedures chapter provides theoretical rationale for this study, including utilization of grounded theory, implementation of the survey and project procedure, and development and use of quantitative and quasi-qualitative instruments. Quantitative and quasi-qualitative outcomes from the questionnaire responses are examined. The Discussion of Findings and Methodology chapter further explores the ideas, theoretical bases, and implications of data that emerged and manifested from the study. Limitations and delimitations of this research, and suggestions for future investigation of this topic are also provided. Conclusions suggest that some people feel reciprocity, or a sense of loving and being loved, within desert tortoise caretaking relationships. Feelings of interspecies' connection can be accepted for their manifest, face value, or interpreted as latent, unconscious verbal imagery.
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