Animal rights /
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| Uniform title: | Animal rights (Current controversies) |
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| Imprint: | Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015] |
| Description: | 182 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Current controversies series Current controversies. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10306495 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Does scientific testing violate animal rights? Yes: scientific testing violates animal rights. Animal testing is cruel / Hope Ferdowsian
- Animal testing is bad science / PETA
- The case for phasing out experiments on primates / Kathleen M. Conlee and Andrew N. Rowan. No: scientific testing does not violate animal rights. Vivisection is right, but it is nasty--and we must be brave enough to admit this / Michael Hanlon
- Primate research is vital / Nicole Garbarini.
- Chapter 2: Does factory farming violate animal rights? Yes: factory farming violates animal rights. Factory farming of chickens is cruel and inhumane / Dawne McCance
- Factory farming is not the only way to feed the world / Tom Philpott. No: factory farming does not violate animal rights. The omnivore's delusion: against the agri-intellectuals / Blake Hurst
- Killing the chicken / Tom Pittman
- Factory farming helps feed people around the world / Maureen Ogle.
- Chapter 3: does hunting violate animal rights? Yes: hunting violates animal rights. Hunting is cruel and unnecessary / In Defense of Animals
- Canned hunting of lions is cruel and inhumane / Jerome Flynn
- Faroe Islands whale hunting is cruel and dangerous / Gavin Haines
- Canada's seal hunt is cruel / Lesley Fox. No: hunting does not violate animal rights. Hunting reconnects humans with the natural world / M. Nils Peterson et al.
- Faroe Islands whale hunting does little harm / Tim Ecott
- Fox hunting helps manage wildlife / Jim Barrington.
- Chapter 4: Does using animals for entertainment violate their rights? Yes: using animals for entertainment violates their rights. Zoos are cruel and unnecessary / Liz Tyson, interviewed by Earth Times
- Ringling Brothers Circus's treatment of elephants is cruel / Deborah Nelson. No: using animals for entertainment does not violate their rights. Cruel? No, elephants love the circus--and I should know, says Dea Birkett, I used to ride them in the Big Top / Dea Birkett
- Horse racing is not cruel / Tim Morris
- Outrage over cockfighting is hypocritical and overblown / Harry Cheadle.
