The Great Cat and Dog Massacre
The Great Cat and Dog Massacre is a non-fiction book written by Hilda Kean. It tells the story of the September 1939 time period at the start of World War II, when hundreds of thousands of British family pets were preemptively euthanized in anticipation of air raids and resource shortages.[1][2]
Kean also uses the episode to discuss people's feelings about their pets and the psychology of a population at war.[3]
The book was published in 2017 by University of Chicago Press.[4]
References
- ↑ "The Pets’ War: On Hilda Kean’s “The Great Cat and Dog Massacre”". LA Review of Books, April 30, 2017 By Colin Dickey
- ↑ "England expects you to kill the dog (and eat your pet rabbit): Bizarre new read reveals the grisly fate of Britain's domestic animals in World War II". Daily Mail, John Preston, 4 May 2017
- ↑ "Briefly Noted". The New Yorker, May 8, 2017.
- ↑ "Keep Calm and Kiss the Cat Goodbye". New York Times, Elena Passarello, April 21, 2017
External links
- Kean, Hilda (2017). The Great Cat and Dog Massacre: The Real Story of World War Two's Unknown Tragedy (Animal Lives). Chicago University Press. ISBN 022631832X.
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