Noble Horse and Lazy Pig Frank Westerman and Yvonne Kroonenberg in Quest of Domestic Animals

• Published in: Animals in Dutch Travel Writing, 1800-present pp. 263 - 288
• Main Author: Lucie Sedláčková
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Leiden University Press 05.01.2023; Amsterdam University Press
• ISBN: 9087284020; 9789087284022
• DOI: 10.1515/9789400604476-013

Today, in the era of extensive tourism, it is no longer difficult (or indeed particularly exclusive) to observe or even touch an elephant or other species of charismatic megafauna. In contrast, many other animals – those quite common in the lives of people until recently – have been erased from the everyday experience of the majority of contemporary Western urban humans. Therefore, even domestic animals have become interesting quest objects. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, two popular Dutch writers undertook travels in search of rarely seen domestic animals. However, their journeys had different motivations and aims. Between the years 2007