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The animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family members - animal lovers outside the fray - extremist positions in which all human-animal interaction is suspect often discourage involvement in the movement to end cruelty to other beings. The author argues that in order to achieve such goals as ending animal testing and factory farming, activists need to be better attuned to the profound emotional, even spiritual, attachment that many people have to animals.

I am driving 30 miles in a COVID-19 world to pick up liquid prednisone flavored with fresh chicken. The compounding pharmacy is not far, but it is distant enough, my errand inescapable. I will go for a brief walk with a friend nearby, the creamy chicken concoction tucked into a freezer pack, the measuring syringes listing in the damp paper bag. The traffic on I-90 is not bad, but I begin crying, the arch of the bridge pink-white in unexpected winter sun. ...

"Drawn from thousands of photos taken over fifteen years, We Animals illustrates and investigates animals in the human environment: whether they're being used for food, fashion and entertainment, or research, or are being rescued to spend their remaining years in sanctuaries. Award-winning photojournalist and animal advocate Jo-Anne McArthur provides a valuable lesson about our treatment of animals, makes animal industries visible and accountable, and widens our circle of compassion to include all sentient beings"--

'Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy' by Matthew Scully is reviewed.

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Cultural and Religious Views on Animal Rights -- 1: Islamic Beliefs Require That Animals Be Treated Humanely -- 2: Cockfighting Remains Legal and Popular in the Dominican Republic -- 3: The Prohibition of Ritual Animal Slaughter Throughout the World Is Cultural Discrimination -- 4: South Africa's Ritual Slaughters Do Not Supersede the Rights of Animals -- 5: Jews Should Become Vegetarians to Respect Animal Rights -- 6: Christians Should Treat Animals Humanely -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Animal Welfare and Global Biomedical Research -- 1: Animal Experimentation Is Necessary for the Well-Being of Humans -- 2: Japan's Cultural Traditions Shape Its Animal Experimentation Policies -- 3: Studying Pet Dogs with Cancer Can Help Humans Around the World -- 4: The European Union's Cosmetics Directive Has Many Loopholes -- 5: Animal Experimentation Rates in the United Kingdom Have Dramatically Increased -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The World Food Industry and Animal Welfare -- 1: Automation Systems for Farm Animals Harm Human-Animal Relationships -- 2: Farmed Fish Suffer from Poor Conditions Across the Globe -- 3: Stressful Living Conditions for Turkeys Can Increasethe Rates of Foodborne Illness in the United States -- 4: Polish Factory Farms Are Hazardous to the Well-Being of Pigs -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Animal Ownership and Animal Welfare Around the World -- 1: International Zoos and Aquariums Can Help Save Animal Species from Extinction -- 2: Bolivian Circus Animals Are in Limbo After a Ban on Keeping Wild Animals -- 3: Canadian and American Puppy Mills Must Be Shut Down

Cover; Contents; Part I: Overview of the Topic; 1: Issues in Animal Welfare and Animal Rights; 2: The Law and Animal Rights; 3: Chronology; 4: Biographical Listing; 5: Glossary; Part II: Guide to Further Research; 6: How to Research Animal Rights Issues; 7: Annotated Bibliography; 8: Organizations and Agencies; Part III: Appendices; Appendix A: Animal Welfare Act, 1970; Appendix B: Endangered Species Act, 1973; Appendix C: Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Glickman I; Appendix D: Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Glickman II; Appendix E: Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act; Appendix F: Tables and Graphs