animal rights

An introduction to the Humane Society, a nonprofit organization that helps protect animals.

Explores questions related to animal rights, discussing the status of animals in relation to people, whether animals should have legal rights, and the ethics of using animals for food, and for experimentation.

Rory Freedman, co-author of the #1 New York Times mega-seller Skinny Bitch, returns with a call-to-arms to all animal lovers. So many of us call ourselves animal lovers and worship our dogs and cats?but we could be using that love as a force for helping all animals. Beg is a battle cry on their behalf, as well as an inspirational, empowering guide to what we can do to help them. With the same no-nonsense tone that made Skinny Bitch a success, Beg galvanizes us to change our choices and actions, and to love animals in a radical new way.

Jody McGrath, sailing around the world with her family on a mission to research dolphins, is thrilled to spot a rare Irrawaddy dolphin in the Ganges River which she names Sandhi, but she becomes frantic when she learns there are poachers in the area and Sandhi is missing.

Discusses the major issues surrounding the topic of animal rights, including activism for animals, animal cruelty, animal testing, and the uses of animals in education.

When mermaid Echo Reef learns her classmate has a pet seahorse, she becomes determined to get one as well. Before long, however, she may realize that keeping a sea horse as a pet is a more daunting prospect than she imagined.

Presents fourteen essays on animal rights topics of debate and strategies for increasing animals' rights, including works by Peter Singer, Richard A. Posner, and Cass R. Sunstein.

Explores the history of the animal rights movement in the United States.