Kategoria BISAC: Nature >> Animal Rights

In this thought-provoking work, author Edward P. Weber examines the values, policies, challenges, and approaches to endangered species conservation over the past 200 years. Using primary source documents and in-depth analysis of the issues, the reference tracks the evolution of species protection and conservation in the United States, and offers a brief look at global programs in the United States and other parts of the world. The book surveys how different countries are faring in protecting their plant and animal life, and considers which guidelines and programs hold the most promise for...

How much of what we understand of ourselves as "human" depends on our physical and mental abilities--how we move (or cannot move) in and interact with the world? And how much of our definition of "human" depends on its difference from "animal"?

Drawing on her own experiences as a disabled person, a disability activist, and an animal advocate, author Sunaura Taylor persuades us to think deeply, and sometimes uncomfortably,...

Food, Animals and the Environment: An Ethical Approach introduces through an ethical perspective the major concepts and values at the intersection of food and the environment with an emphasis on the unique place of animals. It is designed to give students both the critical thinking tools and basic concepts and information necessary to analyse the many challenges and values concerning food and the environment. This includes how to apply concepts and theories to cases, and how to utilize clear and consistent arguments in relation to key concepts (natural, local, organic, and humane)...

Companion Animal Ethics explores the important ethical questions and problems that arise as a result of humans keeping animals as companions.

• The first comprehensive book dedicated to ethical and welfare concerns surrounding companion animals
• Scholarly but still written in an accessible and engaging style
• Considers the idea of animal companionship and why it should matter ethically
• Explores problems associated with animals sharing human lifestyles and homes, such as obesity, behavior issues, selective breeding, over-treatment, abandonment,...

Food, Animals and the Environment: An Ethical Approach introduces through an ethical perspective the major concepts and values at the intersection of food and the environment with an emphasis on the unique place of animals. It is designed to give students both the critical thinking tools and basic concepts and information necessary to analyse the many challenges and values concerning food and the environment. This includes how to apply concepts and theories to cases, and how to utilize clear and consistent arguments in relation to key concepts (natural, local, organic, and humane)...

I wanted to know what they were experiencing, and why to us they feel so compelling, and so-close. This time I allowed myself to ask them the question that for a scientist was forbidden fruit: Who are you?

Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words, readers travel to Amboseli National Park in the threatened landscape of Kenya and witness struggling elephant families...

That's the question that animates...

Who cares about foie gras? As it turns out, many do. In the last decade, this French delicacy--the fattened liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through a tube--has been at the center of contentious battles between animal rights activists, artisanal farmers, industry groups, politicians, chefs, and foodies. In Contested Tastes, Michaela DeSoucey takes us to farms, restaurants, protests, and political hearings in both the United States and France to reveal why people care so passionately about foie gras--and why we should care too.

Bringing together fieldwork,...

Greyhounds, bred to be the fastest racing dogs on earth, are streaks of lightning. Beautiful, astonishing creatures, countless numbers of them disappear each year once they can no longer compete and win.

The Dogs of Avalon introduces us to the strong-willed Marion Fitzgibbon, born in rural Ireland, where animals are valued only for their utility. But Fitzgibbon believes that suffering is felt by all creatures, and she champions the cause of strays, baffling those around her--including her family--as she and a group of local women rescue any animal in need and taking on...