Animal Rights

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590567180Author Jeff ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy...

In these multidisciplinary essays, academic scholars and animal experts explore the nature of animal minds and the methods humans conventionally and unconventionally use to understand them. The collection features chapters by scholars working in...

A spectrum of scholarship on humans' deadly relationship with animalsA spectrum of scholarship on humans' deadly relationship with animalsAbout the AuthorThe Animal Studies Group consists of the following British scholars: Steve Baker (art history,...

Elephant Sense and Sensibility is a comprehensive treatment of the full range of elephant behavior. Beginning with chapters on evolution and the elephant's brain, this book is an integrated presentation of the elephant's capacity for memory, morality,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807045206Author Marc BekoffFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 490gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 157mm * 23mm

First published in 1983, the second edition of this informative book remains the most comprehensive and current overview of the behavioral traits and adaptations of horses. The book integrates findings from hundreds of international researchers to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312559946Author Ingrid E NewkirkFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 213mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648757801Author Ray DearloveFormat PaperbackPage Count 366Imprint Ray DearlovePublisher Ray Dearlove

Conceptual Breakthroughs in Ethology and Animal Behavior highlights, through concise summaries, the most important discoveries and scientific revolutions in animal behavior. These are assessed for their relative impact on the field and their significance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564233Author Nik TaylorFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

This unique book establishes potential future avenues within the law to enhance the welfare of animals and grant them recognized legal status. Charting the direction of the animal-human relationship for future generations, it explores the core concepts...

"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...

Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals, Third Edition offers the latest and most valuable information on animal science and behavioral genetics, carrying on the book's legacy since its original publication in 1998. This book synthesizes research...

Zoo Ethics examines the workings of modern zoos and considers the core ethical challenges faced by people who choose to hold and display animals in zoos, aquariums, or sanctuaries. Jenny Gray asserts the value of animal life and assesses the impacts of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590566459Author Martin RoweFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,US

This accessible and cutting-edge work offers a new look at the history of western "civilization," one that brings into focus the interrelated suffering of oppressed humans and other animals. Nibert argues persuasively that throughout history the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590305225Author Marc BekoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250153258Author Stephanie FeldsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams)...

The world of insects is at once beneath our feet and unfathomably alien. Small and innumerable, insects surround and disrupt us even as we scarcely pay them any mind. Insects confront us with the limits of what is imaginable, while at the same time being...

It is widely agreed that because animals feel pain we should not make them suffer gratuitously. Some ethical theories go even further: because of the capacities that they possess, animals have the right not to be harmed or killed. These views concern...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564837Author Norm PhelpsFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits,...

Zoopolis offers a new agenda for the theory and practice of animal rights. Most animal rights theory focuses on the intrinsic capacities or interests of animals, and the moral status and moral rights that these intrinsic characteristics give rise to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544310469Author Delia OwensFormat HardbackPage Count 322Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 640g

Animals fall in love, establish rules for fair play, exchange valued goods and services, hold "funerals" for fallen comrades, deploy sex as a weapon, and communicate with one another using rich vocabularies. Animals also get jealous and violent or greedy...

Alasdair Cochrane introduces an entirely new theory of animal rights grounded in their interests as sentient beings. He then applies this theory to different and underexplored policy areas, such as genetic engineering, pet-keeping, indigenous hunting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061711305Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Leading animal rights activist Gene Baur examines the real cost of the meat on our plates -- for both humans and animals alike -- in this provocative and thorough examination of the modern farm industry. Many people picture cows, sheep, pigs, and...

Are animals capable of wonder? Can they be said to possess language and reason? What can animals teach us about how to live well? How can they help us to see the limitations of human civilization? Is it possible to draw firm distinctions between humans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063226708Author Peter SingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

A fascinating and unprecedented ethnography of animal sanctuaries in the United States In the past three decades, animal rights advocates have established everything from elephant sanctuaries in Africa to shelters that rehabilitate animals used in...

Peter Singer made animal rights an international concern when he first published In Defence of Animals and Animal Liberation over thirty years ago. In this revised edition, he brings together new essays by philosophers and activists, chronicling new...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590564196Author Carol J. AdamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

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,...

The US Dept. of Education, in conjunction with the US Dept. of Health and Human Services, recently unveiled a $50 million effort to expand research on early childhood cognitive development. A key issue identified requiring more information and research...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590563960Author Kim StallwoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Lantern Books,USPublisher Lantern Books,USWeight(grams) 1g

Do both the zoo and the mental hospital induce psychosis, as humans are treated as animals and animals are treated as humans? How have we looked at animals in the past, and how do we look at them today? How have zoos presented themselves, and their...