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Do Animals Have Rights?
Icon Books 2005; US$ 11.65In this highly accessible book Alison Hills steers a careful path between often impractical poles of thought and, for once, provides a practical and liveable idea of the ethics of animals. Telling the story of how animals have been thought of through human history, she argues in particular that we must distinguish between species - all animals are... more...
Mad about Wildlife
BRILL 2005; US$ 58.00This collection of qualitative case studies demonstrates how social groups create opposing symbolic meanings of Nature during conflict over wildlife issues. It highlights the untapped utility of constructionist approaches for understanding how different meanings can ultimately affect wildlife and people. more...
Animal Welfare
Wiley 2008; US$ 75.99There has been a recent explosion of active concern in matters of animal welfare. The science behind animal welfare has progressed significantly, new codes of practice and legislation have come into to being, and innovative methods to assess welfare schemes for food production have emerged. Part of a major animal welfare series, Animal Welfare: Limping... more...
Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals
Wiley 2008; US$ 84.99Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species – companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular area of research, and has attracted the attention and concerns of animal keepers and carers, animal industry professionals, academics, students and pet owners all over... more...
Animal Rights
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 45.00Dealing with a contentious topic that animal rightist attorney Gary Francione has hailed as ?the civil rights movement of the 21st century,? Animal Rights examines all sides of the debate regarding animal welfare in contemporary American society. Providing a broad overview to the topic, this invaluable reference resource helps students, teachers, librarians,... more...
The Longest Struggle
Lantern Books 2007; US$ 9.00The Longest Struggle tells the story of animal exploitation and the battle for animal justice. At once an accessible history of animal protection thought over the centuries and a revealing narrative of modern campaigns for animal rights, The Longest Struggle is must read material for everyone who wants to understand the most radical social justice... more...
Heritage of Care: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Greenwood Publishing Group 2007; US$ 40.00Founded in 1866, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was the nation's first animal welfare organization. The society had its origins in the fervor for social reform that characterized the era following the Civil War. Its founder, Henry Bergh, organized the ASPCA because of his abhorrence of injustice ? personally, he was... more...
Why Dissection?
Greenwood Publishing Group 2008; US$ 50.00A resource that provides information on alternatives to dissection in biology classes more...
The Life You Can Save
Random House Publishing Group 2009; US$ 15.00For the first time in history, eradicating world poverty is within our reach. Yet around the world, a billion people struggle to live each day on less than many of us pay for bottled water. In The Life You Can Save , Peter Singer uses ethical arguments, illuminating examples, and case studies of charitable giving to show that our current response... more...
Animal Spy
Vision Paperbacks 2008; US$ 29.99After years working for the RSPCA, Terry Spamer became the first freelance undercover agent investigating animal maltreatment. He has endeavoured to seek out large-scale operations of cruelty to animals and to expose them - via infiltration, surveillance, and covert recording - to the animal welfare authorities and governments. His work involves personal... more...









