ABSTRACT The Global South has been largely excluded from equestrian sport and leisure
debates. In particular, the equestrian experiences of children in developing countries have …

Interest in the field of human-animal interactions is burgeoning, and researchers and
educators are keen to understand the science undergirding research that helps us …

This study fits within calls for research on the experiences of children who care deeply about
animals and whose intensity of empathy could typify them as supernurturers. This study had …

Equestrian sports are among the oldest sporting competitions, and unique among
international sports as they are multispecies athletic endeavors in which men and women …

Horse riding is a unique context for a human-animal study. It is both a leisure activity and the
only Olympic sport where athletes compete against one another without having to declare …

This chapter focuses on a plaything of current interest to young females in the Nordics and
Northern Europe-the hobby horse. In a study conducted in Finland, the author explored …

This book examines the social world of the cat fancy, or the leisure activity of breeding and
exhibiting pedigree cats. Based on multispecies ethnographic fieldwork and interviews in …

As humans, leisure is an integrated part of our lives. It helps us maintain our physical and
emotional health, provides mental stimulation and/or relaxation, and provides opportunities …

The chapters contained within this volume contain a wealth of evidence which, together,
attest to the complexity and variety of human social bonds and attachments. In this chapter …

Abstract Horse-Human Interaction (HHI) describes the physical, auditory, visual, and
olfactory engagement between humans and horses in various environments. Equine …