Animals Rights category: 355 books
For the Love of Animals
The Rise of the Animal Protection Movement
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2009
The engaging story of how an unlikely group of extraordinary people laid the foundation for the legal protection of animals
In eighteenth-century England—where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine—the idea of animal protection was dismissed...
Considering Animals
Contemporary Studies in Human–Animal Relations
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Considering Animals draws on the expertise of scholars trained in the biological sciences, humanities, and social sciences to investigate the complex and contradictory relationships humans have with nonhuman animals. Taking their cue from the specific 'animal moments' that punctuate these interactions,...
Living with Animals
Bonds across Species
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Living with Animals is a collection of imagined animal guides—a playful and accessible look at different human-animal relationships around the world. Anthropologists and their co-authors have written accounts of how humans and animals interact in labs, in farms, in zoos, and in African forests,...
The Leading Lady
Dinah's Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
Hollywood icon Betty White and actor Tom Sullivan present the story of a guide dog named Dinah and the extraordinary difference she made in every life she touched.
Beloved actress Betty White is a bona fide television pioneer, but throughout her life, her heart has always been with the animals....
by Speedy Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2015
A book about extinct animals can possibly help spark a child's imagination by presenting the child with descriptions of animals that encourage visualization. The extinct animals that are described are no longer around for a child to look at in person at a zoo, and, in some cases, there are no pictures...
by Edmund P. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2013
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION Sources—Amira’s distinction between retributive and preventive processes—Addosio’s incorrect designation of the latter as civil suits—Inconsistent attitude of the Church in excommunicating animals—Causal relation of crime to demoniacal possession—Squatter...
Dominion
The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2003
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." --Genesis 1:24-26
In this crucial...
Turning Points in Compassion
Personal Journeys of Animal Advocates
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
"A powerful narrative...makes a compelling case." -Dr Shannon Brincat, Research Fellow, Griffith University. This inspirational collection of personal stories from many of the most eloquent, passionate and intellectually progressive voices in today's growing Animal Rights movement challenges widespread...
The Scalpel and the Butterfly
The War Between Animal Research and Animal Protection
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
An engrossing and eloquent study of the history and ethics of animal experimentation
The heart of a pig may soon beat in a human chest. Sheep, cattle, and mice have been cloned. Slowly but inexorably scientists are learning how to transfer tissues, organs, and DNA between species. Some think...
Any Kind of Danger
Building Our Connection with Animals. a Veterinary Surgeon Reflects on Animals of the Planet
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Know the animals, respect the planet, love thy neighbor.
Rowan Blogg is an Australian veterinarian of the highest distinction and I greatly admire his professionalism, which I observed for years at close range.
In Any Kind of Danger he has extended his work into the environment and moral...
Filling the Ark
Animal Welfare in Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
When disasters strike, people are not the only victims. Hurricane Katrina raised public attention about how disasters affect dogs, cats, and other animals considered members of the human family. In this short but powerful book, noted sociologist Leslie Irvine goes beyond Katrina to examine how disasters...
A Vegan Ethic
Embracing a Life of Compassion Toward All
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
“If veganism is about doing your best to not harm any sentient life, we must logically extend that circle of compassion to human animals as well,” writes Mark Hawthorne in this practical, engaging guide to veganism and animal rights. Along with proven advice for going and staying vegan, an overview...
by Sue Coe
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Sue Coe’s advocacy of animal rights is unmatched in its eloquence, forcefulness, and lasting impact. She does so with a combination of extraordinary images and few words. In her unstinting insistence on tolerance and love, Coe brings us to a life-affirming philosophy that values compassion over...
Animals and the Human Imagination
A Companion to Animal Studies
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
Human beings have long imagined their subjectivity, ethics, and ancestry with and through animals, yet not until the mid-twentieth century did contemporary thought reflect critically on animals' significance in human self-conception. Thinkers such as French philosopher Jacques Derrida, South African...