Where are the animals in sustainable development? Religion and the case for ethical stewardship in animal husbandry Narayanan, Yamini 2016, Where are the animals in sustainable development? Religion and the case for ethical stewardship in animal husbandry, Sustainable development, vol. 24, no. 3, Special issue on religion, sustainable development and policy: principles to practice, pp. 172-180, doi: 10.1002/sd.1619. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Where are the animals in sustainable development? Religion and the case for ethical stewardship in animal husbandry Author(s) Narayanan, Yamini orcid.org/0000-0003-4851-904X Journal name Sustainable development Volume number 24 Issue number 3 Season Special issue on religion, sustainable development and policy: principles to practice Start page 172 End page 180 Total pages 9 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2016-05 ISSN 0968-0802 1099-1719 Keyword(s) animal husbandry factory farming religion policy Science & Technology Social Sciences GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Planning & Development Science & Technology - Other Topics Public Administration Summary The rights of livestock that are designated as food/farm animals have been a blindspot across development discourse and policies in spite of compelling moral (and socio-ecological) factors. They are regarded as 'resources' to sustain growth, leading to food production systems that support factory farming and invasive animal husbandry practices. The paper argues that religion and sustainable development are unlikely partners in the commodification of animals in these policies. Capitalist-driven interpretations of religion support the objectification of animals. Sustainable development, an efficiency-driven growth paradigm, is concerned with the preservation of finite natural resources. Sentient factory farmed animals are seen as infinite resources.Using Christianity and Hinduism as examples, the paper argues that religion can also shape alternative animal husbandry/food production practices, and expand the social justice element of sustainable development to encompass what I term 'sociozoological justice' in economic systems that heavily involve animals. Language eng DOI 10.1002/sd.1619 Field of Research 160101 Anthropology of Development 160605 Environmental Politics MD Multidisciplinary Socio Economic Objective 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, John Wiley & Sons Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30084586 Document type: Journal Article Collection: Alfred Deakin Research Institute Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 01 Jul 2016, 11:36:37 EST Fri, 01 Jul 2016, 12:48:03 EST Fri, 01 Jul 2016, 13:03:40 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 05:04:48 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 14:13:33 EST Thu, 12 Jan 2017, 14:15:25 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 126 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 01 Jul 2016, 11:36:37 EST

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