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A major revision of animal rights bible Striking at the Roots,
referencing changes from the last 10 years including the rise of
social media, which is now a key part of any campaign. The book
brings together the most effective tactics for speaking out for
animal rights. Activists from around the globe explain why their
models of activism have been successful - and how you can become
involved. Concise and full of practical examples and resources,
this manual for success demonstrates how many of the world's most
engaged activists effectively speak to the public, lobby
policymakers, and deal with law enforcement - all while keeping
their eyes on the prize of achieving victories for animals. This
book will empower you to make the most of your skills. From simple
leafleting to taking direct action, each chapter clearly explains
where to begin, what to expect, and how to ensure your message is
heard.
From Jack London to Aldo Leopold's "fierce green fire," wolves have
been a central part of the American image. Many have even suggested
that our national symbol, the bald eagle, be replaced with this
noble creature who, like us, raises a family and is bold and loyal
in protecting the pack. Brenda Peterson blends science, history,
and memoir to dramatize the epic battle to restore wolves and thus
the landscape and ecology of the continent. From the vicious
exterminations carried out by pioneers and settlers; to the
internationally celebrated triumph of the return of wolves to
Yellowstone; to backlash, politics, and near-daily news of
successful reintroductions, this is perhaps the most inspiring
conservation story of our time. Brenda's central characters are two
famous wolves: the powerful and prolific female "067," restored to
Yellowstone only to be "legally" murdered, and Journey, a
near-miraculous transcontinental survivor. Along with these are the
scientists, ranchers, and activists who are fighting against fear,
politics, greed, and scientific ignorance to bring wild wolves home
to keep our environment whole.
The relationship between humans and animals has always been strong,
symbiotic and complicated. Animals, real and fictional, have been a
mainstay in the arts and entertainment, figuring prominently in
literature, film, television, social media, and live performances.
Increasingly, though, people are anthropomorphizing animals,
assigning them humanoid roles, tasks and identities. At the same
time, humans, such as members of the furry culture or college
mascots, find pleasure in adopting animal identities and
characteristics. This is the first book of its kind to explore
these growing phenomena across media. The contributors to this book
represent various disciplines in the arts, humanities and
healthcare. Their essays demonstrate the various ways that human
and animal lives are intertwined and constantly evolving.
'If ever a dog's story is guaranteed to touch hearts, then Maggie's
is.' Your Dog Magazine 'This story will leave you smiling.' Best
Magazine Beaten, tortured and shot 17 times, Maggie the little
street dog should have given up on the world. But the world didn't
give up on her. With the help of her human friends, Maggie begins
her long road to recovery and starts to spread joy everywhere she
goes. This is the inspirational true story of a little dog who
learned to be loved just as she is.
At present, human beings worldwide are using an estimated 115.3
million animals in experiments-a normalization of the unthinkable
on an immense scale. In terms of harm, pain, suffering, and death,
animal experiments constitute one of the major moral issues of our
time. Given today's deeper understanding of animal sentience, the
contributors to this volume argue that we must afford animals a
special moral consideration that precludes their use in
experiments. The Ethical Case against Animal Experiments begins
with the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics's groundbreaking and
comprehensive ethical critique of the practice of animal
experiments. A second section offers original writings that engage
with, and elaborate on, aspects of the Oxford Centre report. The
essayists explore historical, philosophical, and personal
perspectives that range from animal experiments in classical times
to the place of necessity in animal research to one researcher's
painful journey from researcher to opponent. A devastating look at
a contemporary moral crisis, The Ethical Case against Animal
Experiments melds logic and compassion to mount a powerful
challenge to human cruelty.
It's hard to imagine eight million people trying to avoid dog
refuse on the streets of New York City on a daily basis. Likewise,
it's harder not to imagine New Yorkers from all walks of life
picking up after their canines. Using plastic bags or trendy,
mechanized devices, pet owners have become a unified force in
cleaning up the sidewalks of the Big Apple. Not long ago, picking
up after your Poodle, Puli, or Pekinese was not a basic, civic
duty. Initially, many politicians thought the idea was absurd.
Animal rights activists were unanimously opposed. The American
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals condemned the
proposed legislation because it would impose undue hardship on dog
owners. New York's Poop Scoop Law chronicles the integration of dog
owners, a much-maligned subculture, into mainstream society by
tracing the history of the legislation that the York's City Council
shelved twice before then Mayor Ed Koch was forced to go to the
state level for support. Brandow shows how a combination of science
and politics, fact and fear, altruism and self-interest led to the
adoption and enforcement of legislation that became a shining
success. Mayors from around the globe were baffled and wanted to
know how pushy and arrogant New Yorkers found the new initiative
practical and trendy.
Sex with animals is one of the last taboos but, for a practice that
is generally regarded as abhorrent, it is remarkable how many
books, films, plays, paintings, and photographs depict the subject.
So, what does loving animals mean? In this book the renowned
historian Joanna Bourke explores the modern history of sex between
humans and animals. Bourke looks at the changing meanings of
"bestiality" and "zoophilia," assesses the psychiatric and sexual
aspects, and she concludes by delineating an ethics of animal
loving.
The burden of the Great War was not shouldered by soldiers alone:
the tasks, the camaraderie, the day-to-day life and the devastation
were all shared with the animals that accompanied the forces
abroad. The horses that took part in the last cavalry charges or
hauled heavy guns are the most famous examples, but were far from
alone: pigeons carried vital messages, dogs sniffed out wounded
soldiers, camels were used as beasts of burden in the desert, and
even ships' cats and baby orang-utans had their parts to play. From
noted historian Neil R. Storey, this book looks at all the
practical ways in which animals were essential to the war effort,
but is equally interested in their roles as companions, mascots and
morale boosters - on land, in the air and at sea. Neil R. Storey is
a social and military historian specialising in the impact of war
on society. He has written over twenty-five books, countless
articles and has given lectures across the UK, including at the
Imperial War Museum. He has acted as a consultant on a number of
television documentaries and dramas.
This new edition of Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other
Animals and the Earth begins with an historical, grounding overview
that situates ecofeminist theory and activism within the larger
field of ecocriticism and provides a timeline for important
publications and events. Throughout the book, authors engage with
intersections of gender, sexuality, gender expression, race,
disability, and species to address the various ways that sexism,
heteronormativity, racism, colonialism, and ableism are informed by
and support animal oppression. This collection is broken down into
three separate sections: -Affect includes contributions from
leading theorists and activists on how our emotions and embodiment
can and must inform our relationships with the more-than-human
world -Context explores the complexities of appreciating difference
and the possibilities of living less violently -Climate, new to the
second edition, provides an overview of our climate crisis as well
as the climate for critical discussion and debate about ecofeminist
ideas and actions Drawing on animal studies, environmental studies,
feminist/gender studies, and practical ethics, the ecofeminist
contributors to this volume stress the need to move beyond binaries
and attend to context over universal judgments; spotlight the
importance of care as well as justice, emotion as well as reason;
and work to undo the logic of domination and its material
implications.
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Livestock's Longer Shadow is one the most important books of its
kind since Ruth Harrison's Animal Machines (1964). Most people have
little idea how eating animal-based foods harm animals, our health
and our planet. We want to believe the animals we eat do not suffer
pain, injury, live good lives and eating them is a trade-off for
the care we afford them. We accept the illnesses we suffer are
simply a consequence of getting old. We want to believe our food
choices do not cause rainforest and ocean deforestation. We are
told farmers are the guardians of the countryside, yet our
landscape is over-cultured and biologically dysfunctional, and our
environment polluted by livestock farming. Livestock's Longer
Shadow, cuts through the noise for anyone wanting to know how we
really treat animals, our health and our planet through the ways we
farm and consume animals, through a UK lens. Tim Bailey is an
Environmental Scientist and one of the UK's leading and most
prominent regulatory farm pollution experts. He brings together all
aspects of the UK's animal-based farming and food system, from farm
to fork, documents its devastation and provides us with a kinder,
more compassionate, sustainable and healthier way forward. In
sounding the alarm on the paradigms of animal-based food
production, the author uses his own first-hand experience of the
impacts of livestock farming from a career regulating the industry
spanning over 30-years.
More than a contest of wills representing professional and economic
interests, the animal rights debate is also an enduring topic in
normative ethical theory. 'Defending Animal Rights' addresses the
key isues in this sometimes acrimonious debate.
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