Animal Rights A Reference Handbook 2nd Edition

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Animal Rights A Reference Handbook 2Nd Edition

By Clifford J. Sherry

There are more than 6 billion animals used in the United States. Over 95 percent of them are used for food and the rest are ued for research, teaching, labor, entertainment, and other purposes. How these animals are treated has become a deepening controversy, with rights advocates on one side, professionals who work with animals often on the other, and the general public, with varying degrees of sympathy, in the middle.

Animal Rights: A Reference Handbookย 2nd Edition PDF maintains the balance and accessibility of the first edition, letting readers decide the bounds of human responsibility toward animals. It surveys a wide range of controversies surrounding the use of animals in such fields as the food industry, medical research and the realm of entertainment, as well as the tremendous surge in scientific discoveries and technological advances that have led to new conversations on animal rights in the 21st century.

Table of Contents

1. Historical and Philosophical Backgrounds

  • What Are Humans, Anyway?
  • How Do We Use Animals?
  • Agricultural Animals
  • Companion Animals
  • Service Animals
  • Entertainment
  • Pests
  • What Is a Right?
  • Do Animals Have Rights?
  • Religious Viewpoint
  • Secular Viewpoint (Philosophical)
  • Secular Viewpoint (Legal)
  • How about Dogs?
  • What about Service Animals?
  • What of the Pests?
  • Key Concepts (Anthropomorphism, Speciesism, Sentience, Pain and Suffering)

2. Problems and Controversies

  • Agriculture
  • Agricultural Animal Welfare Issues
  • Science
  • Testing!
  • Education
  • Animal Fighting (Dog Fighting, Cock Fighting, Bullfighting)
  • Hunting (Fox Hunting, Coon Hunting)
  • Entertainment (Circus, Films, Rodeo, Zoos, Marine Mammal Theme Parks)
  • Fashion (Fur, Feathers, Leather)
  • Cetacea: Whales, Porpoises, and Dolphins
  • Whaling

3. Possible Solutions

  • Research, Research, Research!
  • Private (Nongovernmental) Solutions
  • Animal Welfare and Rights
  • Governmental Solutions (United States, England)

4. Chronology

  • Key Dates and Legal Milestones

5. Biographies

  • Prominent Figures in Animal Rights and Welfare

6. Data and Documents

  • Relevant Legislation (Animal Welfare Act, Food Security Act, etc.)
  • Congressional Hearings and Legal Sources

7. Directory of Organizations

  • Key Animal Rights and Welfare Organizations (PETA, ASPCA, RSPCA, etc.)

8. Resources

  • Print and Nonprint Resources
  • Databases, Computer Simulations, Video/DVD

Glossary
Index

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