animal welfare

Twins, Samal and Anara, travel to India with their mom, and are excited to experience the spicy food, history and rickshaws, but have a more difficult time with the weather, homeless children, and the mistreatment of animals.

When Manny Silva hits a cat accidentally on the way to a party, it changes his life forever.

Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend Sistine into a plan to free a caged tiger.

When Tana eyes a spotted dog named Storm at the animal shelter, she has reservations about adopting him because he's funny looking.

Despite the disapproval of his father, Ben, a young cow named Otis loves to have fun at his farm's wild late-night hoe-downs. When Ben dies defending the barnyard from marauding coyotes, Otis is chosen as the farms new leader. For Otis, responsibility sits uneasily on his head and he fears he may not be able to protect his friends from the coyotes.

"A firsthand account of the lives of captive killer whales by one of SeaWorld's most experienced orca trainers and the star of Blackfish argues that their needs are not met in captivity and traces advocacy efforts comparing the lives of free and captive orcas."--Provided by OCLC.

After being laid off from her job, the author decides to volunteer on an organic dairy farm in Canada. She is shocked by the cows' treatment and living conditions at an "organic" farm, and sets out to investigate other commercial farms around the world where chickens, pigs, and sheep are raised and slaughtered. What she finds calls her to action, and she suggests ways readers can encourage change.

Describes the dangerous job of being an animal control officer.