Anthrozoology is the study of human–animal relations. The field of human–animal relations is fast becoming one of the hot areas of debate in the social sciences and is beginning to forge the sort of attention once held only by “the environment.” A mere glance at the recent literature shows that this new area is advancing on several fronts. These include, for example, the philosophy and sociology of animal rights; genetically modified animals and “laboratory life”; histories of human–animal relations; animal foods, diets, and risk; animals, nature, and gender; consumptive relations in hunting and fishing sports; pets (or companion species) and health; companion animals, domestication, and human co-evolution and animals and human representation.