Animal Rights - Softcover

Patterson, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0595094945 ISBN 13: 9780595094943

Publisher: Backinprint.com, 2000

Synopsis

"Excellent source of information on animal rights. As a book filled with examples of activism by young adults, it will undoubtedly teach and inspire many."Voice of Youth AdvocatesChosen by the New York Public Library as 1994 Book for the Teenager

About this title

About the Author

Charles Patterson is a graduate of Amherst College and Columbia University (Ph.D). He is the award-winning author of a diverse selection of titles, including Anti-Semitism: The Road to the Holocaust and Beyond, Marian Anderson, Thomas Jefferson, and Animal Rights. Patterson is member of the Authors Guild, PEN, and the National Writers Union. He lives in New York City.

From Kirkus Reviews

Beginning with the strong influence of Australian philosopher Peter Singer's 1975 book, Animal Liberation, on the current movement, Patterson discusses animals as companions, as prey, as entertainment (in circuses and zoos), and as subjects in medical research, weaving into her presentation achievements of such individual activists as an 11-year-old who refuses to drink Coke because its manufacturer sponsors rodeos; a man who infiltrated an NIH lab to expose mistreatment of monkeys; and Jama Hedgecoth, who founded Noah's Ark, a sanctuary for orphaned and injured animals. The book covers both medical dilemmas related to research and the problems of animal overpopulation more fully than Cohen's (above); Patterson also goes into useful detail on the ``3 R`s'': replace (substitute computer models for vivisection); reduce (use fewer animal products); refine (decrease pain). Fair-minded and informative. Notes; resources; bibliography; index. (Nonfiction. 12+) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Backinprint.com
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0595094945
• ISBN 13: 9780595094943
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116