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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Scientists within human and animal science have extensively discussed the philosophy of medicine, but never have both sides communicated on their concepts of health, quality of life and welfare, with each other.This book aims to help clarify the difficult but central notions of health and welfare by comparing the human and animal variants of these concepts. Split into three parts this book starts by presenting a background of some of the major theories of human health and welfare, followed by a detailed discussion of theories on animal welfare and health. While the final part of the book tests a comprehensive conceptual framework of a holistic kind, which focuses on the individual's ability to achieve its vital goals. ... Read more

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This book exposes the track record of deceit, fraud and terrorism of animal rights groups.It is a hard-hitting account of the individuals and organizations that will go to any lengths to stop the human use of animals for food, clothing, medical testing, entertainment and pets.It is must reading for every animal lover. ... Read more

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Great book! A must have for any serious researcher of animal rights!
This is by far the best book, hands down, that I have ever read about animal rights, and this comes after reading ones such as "Man's Incredible War on Wildlife". This book shows the true face of those who hide behind the false image of cute puppies and kittens when they rather prefer to spend their donations on useless things like anti-milk billboard campaigns that make fun of people with prostate cancer, beer promotions, and the exploitation of women instead of actually doing things to really help the animals that they claim to be so fond of in a way that's positive for everyone. Whatever you do, don't fall for PeTA's tactics of trying to lure pet owners into sending them money, because they actually want every domesticated animal on earth to be annihilated, whether they are house pets or farm livestock, it doesn't matter to them. According to them, all domesticated breeds must be destroyed just because they don't belong in the wild! This book reveals many of the hidden details of their warped agenda that they deliberately attempt to hide from the public. Definitely give it a look if you are interested in seeing an alternative view on animal rights that is contrary to the popular belief of fashionable society, and is much more honest!

Fabulous book on the "hidden" animal rights fanatics.
Mr. Oliver's book is one of the best on the background of the fanatical animal rights movement and those behind it. He reveals FACTS about the sources for their money and their true agenda and it's NOT about the animals. Money, Power and Control is the true goal. Read this to learn about this dangerous underground cult. Another good book to read is "The Hijacking of the Humane Movement" by Patti and Rod Strand. Learn now before it is too late for those of us who truly love animals and care about their WELFARE and not some imaginary "rights".

Flawed, manpulative reasoning.
This book is highly flawed and manipulative. Instead of attacking the reasoning behind animal rights as a philosophy, Oliver chooses to attack extreme members of animal rights groups in an attempt to somehow discredit the movement. Pointing out the most extreme members of any movement as a method of attack is a trick, and not a valid basis for any moral decision.For instance, if Hitler was a believer in animal rights, he also claimed to love children. Should that mean we should deny rights and protection to children, because an evil man (or group) promoted it as a positive idea? It's a ridiculous argument. Positive, loving philosophies do not lose their strength because extreme individuals happen to adopt them and then proceed to ignore the values of compassion and love which they are based.

If the Third Reich had sympathies towards animal rights, then so did Gandhi, Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer, Einstein, Alice Walker, Jimmy Stewart, Mark Twain, Pythagoras, Leo Tolstoy, Thoreau, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Saint Francis of Assisi as well as many others.

Animal rights is not anti-human. To love one thing is not to cancel out love for another. When we understand this perhaps we will aquire some peace in the world. To extend our love and compassion to all creatures (and that includes humans of course) can only stregthen in us the best of human nature. It is no benefit for us to indulge our every desire at the expense of another creature's suffering. Hurting animals may make our lives easier, fulfill our basest desires, and even extend our lives, but in the end it robs of us of what is most important in being human - love, compassion, respect, and the privilege of using our strength to protect and love all the weak. This is honor.

It is man's sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man. -- Albert Schweitzer

A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the 'Universe', a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separate from the rest - a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such achievement is in itself a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security." --Albert Einstein

You do not settle whether an experiment is justified or not by merely showing that it is of some use. The distinction is not between useful and useless experiments, but between barbarous and civilized behavior. Vivisection is a social evil because if it advances human knowledge, it does so at the expense of human character. --George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. -- Gandhi

Releasing the Truth about Animal Rights Humaniacs
I found this to be an extremely informative book.This was not just based on the authors opinions.He offered facts to back up his information.Every person donating money to an animal rights group should read this and SEE where their money is really going.Bravo to Daniel Oliver for such an eye opener to the groups that the FBI now classifies as our home grown terrorist.

The truth about "animal rights"
At last, someone who is not afraid to tear the mask of hypocrisy. Vaccinated humans have no right to deny vaccines from others. Well-fed people have no right to deny food from others. Medical experimentation on animals is good. Adulation of animals as sacred cows is a religious perversion. If medical students will be forbidden to practice on animals, we'll either have bad physicians or practitioners that have studied their trade on humans. The first animal rights laws were enacted in the Third Reich by the Prussian minister. The rationale was that most animals have more rights than most people. The goody-goodies that have tired of fighting for human rights and have taken leave of their senses should remember that Einstein was not a vegetarian, Hitler was. "The Inhumane Crusade" is a valuable book for people who still value human life above the pseudo- and quasi-rights of rats, cockroaches, and the malaria plasmodium. ... Read more

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Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts. Second edition of a textbook for veterinary students on the ethical aspects of veterinary practice. Previous edition 1989. Emphasizes normative and official veterinary ethics. ... Read more

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A MUST-OWN FOR EVERYONE WHO CARES ABOUT ANIMALS
This important book should be owned by everyone who cares about and for animals. It contains much food for thought for pet owners and veterinarians alike. If you haven't considered how Veterinary Ethics impacts on your life and the lives animals, you should read this book.If you have considered it, then you must read this book to further understand the issues.VETERINARY ETHICS, Animal Welfare,Client Relations, Competition and Collegiality by Jerrold Tannenbaum is more than a reference book, more than a text book - it's a work of utmost importance for everyone who cares about the animals around us, whether in our homes or elsewhere.This book deserves a prominent place in every animal lover's library. ... Read more

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Gone Wild
The book was what I ordered.I was unhappy with the condition of the books.One book was sent without the dust cover, one had a torn dust cover, one had a severely scratched dust cover, 7 of the 10 books had no Caldecott award label.All books were dusty as if they had been on the warehouse shelf for a long time.

A little dull for kids
Sharing a book is one of our favorite past times but my kids were totally not interested in this book.They wanted to see pictures of the animals and the black and white drawings were just not very interesting.I'm not sure what age group this book would appeal to.

Creative Imagination!
This purchase was made for my grandson.Even though he just turned 4, he was excited and able to easily identify all of the symbols used in this book.I believe it is stimulating, creates an environment of not only imagination, but the desire to learn more.It has been challenging for him and it is amazing to seem him learn so quickly using this type of tool.I would recommend this book - especially for any children that are familiar with many of the other books available through Amazon that are similar in content(i.e. What do You Do With A Tail Like This?).

Great book
The illustrations are fabulous!I have used it with my Pre-Kindergarten class for the past three years.Always a huge hit!

Great drawings, questionable content.
David McLimans, Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet (Walker and Company, 2006)

While I admire the sentiment behind David McLimans' first childrens' book, I have to wonder at how up-to-date his information is. I wouldn't have thought to question it had he not brought up the spotted owl, that hoary old symbol of endangered species, which McLimans is quick to say is still in decline. This hasn't been true for the past decade. This makes me wonder how many of the other species in this book are now protected.

Not that the kiddies will think about this.They will see McLimans' wonderful drawings and read about nifty, obscure animals. That sort of thing was borderline magic when I was a kid; second only in my estimation to books about dinosaurs. So, yeah, you want to go through this one with your kid, because the kid will love it; once the kid's older, though, prepare for some talks about propaganda. *** ... Read more

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Cats, dogs, turtles, emus -- there's a place and poem in SIDNEY'S ANIMAL RESCUE STORE for every kind of critter. Meet heavy metal cockatoos who like to rock and roll, snooty llamas speaking French, alley cats with attitude, and even a batch of baby alligators.Kids will tweet, howl or hiss along to the romping rhythms of Liz Swados's poems and the colorful fun of Anne's Wilson's illustrations. ... Read more

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All It's Quacked Up To Be (And More)
This is one of the sweetest, most clever kids' books I've read in a long time -- made especially great by the fact that it is as amusing to me as it is to my 3-year-olds.For them, there are the wonderful illustrations, and the cacophony of animals and their sounds.For me, there is the quirky beauty and rhythm of the language."The ferret's just/Fuzz with feet./His nose is a raisin/That sqishes and squeezes./I'd take him home /But I think he'll causes sneezes.Ahchoo Ahchoo Ahchoo!)..and the thing is, it's just damn funny.In talking about the need to save and value animals of all types, it has a Message, but doesn't hit you over the head...and it'salso touching without being cloying. How often can you say that about a kid's book?

By the way, I think this book is fine for kids 3 and above.The younger ones may not entirely appreciate the book's subtleties, but they'll love it anyway -- particularly if you're good at replicating the animal sounds. ... Read more

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How can the love of animals translate into a career? In this engaging collection of interviews, activities, and advice, Willow Ann Sirch explores more than 30 careers with animals of all kinds. Organized by vocation groups such as jobs in animals shelters, veterinary medicine, wildlife rescue, and obedience training, the author addresses the young reader in a frank, conversational manner. From saving dogs who have swallowed antifreeze, to finding foster homes for abandoned llamas, to teaching sign language to chimpanzees, this book connects a love for animals into solid thinking about future careers. ... Read more

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Animal Lovers
Any animal lover who wants to make a career with animals should get this book. It doesn't tell naything about salaries or anything stupid or unessacary like that. People who only care about salaries shouldn't become anything that involves animals. I personally want to be a small animal veterinarian and I could care less about money. I would work for free just to be with animals. Get this book if you have a dream of working with animals like me. You won't be able to put this book down till you know everything!

Needed more information
The book was detailed on jobs, but could have used information on salaries.It was also very basic not too much detail involved in this one.

You WILL find the right career for you!
I have been so confused on what to do with my life.I have always known that I want to work with animals but didn't know what kinds of jobs were available.I never realized that there were so many jobs available outthere that work with animals.Because of this book, I have found the jobthat is right for me and I know what I have to do to get there.It is amust read if you want specific detail of every job available in the animalindustry! ... Read more

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Just how much do animals suffer? Does legislation make a difference to animal welfare and do economic factors hinder its improvement ? The treatment of animals has long been a subject of debate, yet attitudes towards animal welfare still differ greatly and genuine concern for animals has only really developed over the last few decades. The general public is concerned by this issue and has gradually started to exert pressure on those who use animals to change their ways and on politicians to introduce new legislation. This book about animal welfare takes a detailed look at the ethical issues, religious viewpoints and the attitudes of different countries towards animal welfare, as well as at the Council of Europe conventions and other European instruments aimed at tackling this issue at an international level.CONTENTS:Introduction - Concepts of animal protection and welfare including obligations and rightsETHICAL ISSUES: 6 articles RELIGIOUS VIEWPOINTS: Articles on Buddhism, Catholicism, Islam, Judaism, Othodox Church, and Protestantism ANIMAL WELFARE IN EUROPE: 7 articlesAPPENDICESAppendix I - Some key conceptsAppendix II - A selection of useful websitesAppendix III - Council of Europe treaties dealing with animals ... Read more

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The domestic pig is perceived as an animal with intelligence and character and yet, in the industrialized world, the majority of people have had little or no contact with them. Pigs are subject to a wide range of environments from the tropics to the sub-arctic, ranging from small-scale, extensive systems to large-scale intensive systems. They may spend their whole life on one farm or may be subject to long-distance transport multiple times. Not surprisingly, many aspects of their life experiences can impact their welfare.

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Amazon Sells FUR
I liked the book, but am saddened that I bought it from a company that SELLS FUR. I am sick and sad that I ever gave Amazon a single dime. I am not the only one. Amazon execs should understand that there are many more people out here who are offended at the butchering deaths of helpless animals for ridiculous VANITY, than there are people who would actually go to amazon to buy their FUR COATS. I ask that others please reconsider buying any more products from these people until they stop selling fur, and stop sending out cookie-cutter form letters to those of us who give a damn about the lives of others. (No, it is not enough to claim that they're merely trying to "give the customer what they want even if it offends some people. Would they say that if I wanted to buy heroin? If I wanted to buy a nuclear weapon? If I wanted to buy an Indonesian House Boy??? Not good enough. Some things are so reprehensible that society demands that they NOT sell them. Although, I'm sure that if they could, they would, so long as it was profitable.)

Take the profit out of death and join me in boycotting Amazon. ... Read more

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Ten million healthy dogs and cats are killed in Americananimal shelters every year. Shelter officials defend this mass killing asnecessary to prevent animal suffering and to provide a public service.More animals exist than homes to take them in so a painless death isconsidered a gift. They call this "euthanasia" or "putting to sleep."Disposable Animals challenges this approach to serving the needs ofanimals and asks if it may not sabotage animal welfare's message ofrespect for animal life. When those working for animal welfare say, onthe one side, that animals' companions must take responsibility for theirlives and that animals are not disposable commodities, but on the otherside, they readily take those animals off the owners' hands and intoalready full shelters and kill some to make room for the new-Are they notcontradicting themselves and in the process facilitating irresponsibilityand the disposability syndrome? The heart of the book elaborates on thiscritique and offers sug gestions for alternative and uncompromised ways ofcaring for companion animals. Following this focus, Disposable Animalsdiscusses other species and their treatment by our society and puts thesepractices within a cultural context. It concludes with a vision of a newand more inclusive ethic for human relations with animals and nature. ... Read more

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Good but Dated
Were I writing this review ten years ago I would have scored this book a 4 rather than a 3.However, at this time (late 2009) the greatest criticism I can offer of Brestrup's book is that it suffers from age.Given how much has been written about and how much has changed in animal sheltering and animal welfare since this book was published (1997) one must now view it in light of contemporary conditions.

I'll defer to the reviews by Jennifer and Dandylioness above for a summary of the book's contents, there's no need to repeat that here.I will say that I agree with the latter in that the book is rather disjointed in its composition.Part 1 is the meat of the book, Brestrup's treatise on throwaway pets and condemnation of animal sheltering's intransigent attitudes and practices.In the included Afterword--written in early 1997--Brestrup tell us that the very month his shelter put into place the changes he hoped would bring an end to killing he had to resign his position and move to Texas due to family matters.What follows in Part 2 are some of the author's essays on several animal welfare topics.Part 3 includes essays on commodification and ethics.One cannot escape the feeling that the "unexpected family contingencies" which prevented the author from seeing his shelter's new policies come to fruition also prevented him from completing the book's manuscript.Then, perhaps, in order to meet his contractual commitment to the publisher, an Afterword was added (by way of apology to the reader?) and various essays included in a slap-dash effort to give the book more content?Even more mystifying is that the publisher issued a second printing in 2002 of this same first addition.Surely a second printing begs a second edition so that the author could include the results of his efforts at his former shelter as well as commentary on how his original ideas have in large part become the current trend seen in animal sheltering?Alas, there is none of this in this second printing and one is left to surmise that when Brestrup left the Progressive Animal Welfare Society in Puget Sound he left the world of animal welfare altogether.

I do recommend this book for those whose concern is animal welfare, animal sheltering, animal ethics, etc.I found his review of current (however, now dated) theories of animal ethics by various authors to be a handy bibliography for future reading.I was also able to gain some food for thought from the ideas and practices Brestrup brings to animal sheltering from his previous work in human mental health and counseling clinics, especially with regard to the social worker's Code of Ethics which stresses not abandoning current clients to bring on new ones.

Again, nothing in this book is going to be "cutting edge" any longer but I found it to be good background material for my current work in animal welfare and sheltering.For a current treatment of these same topics I'd recommend Nathan J. Winograd's Redemption: The Myth of Pet Overpopulation and the No Kill Revolution in America.

Someone needs to open up this discussion. ...
Excellent look into this national disgrace .... "death camps" for
animals is an acurate description of many shelters willingly or
unwillingly.As for animals discarded by owners, it seems to me
that the owner should be required to be present for the "euthanasia"
not allowed to just dump the animal off.

Won't Work without Spay and Neuter
Until more of the American public spays and neuters, and there are fewer puppy mills and backyard breeders adding a mountain of pets to the numbers, Brestrup's ideas will never work.

Shelters and rescues are inundated with huge numbers of animals every year. They simply do not have the time or the resources to do things like "help marginal adopters" or "work with a pet guardian."

Refusing to accept owner surrenders just means that the dog or cat will get dumped on the streets to die a horrible death, sight unseen, while someone like Brestrup pats themselves on the back for refusing to euthanize.

And all too often, in their zeal to avoid euthanasia, some people like Brestrup are handing pets over to hoarders or dog fighters. There truly ARE situations worse than death for unwanted pets.

The no-kill movement will only work if top priority is given to spaying and neutering, and reducing the sheer numbers of unwanted animals being born. Until then, naive ideas like Brestrups only mean that more animals will suffer.

Destroying animals in order to save them.
In this book, Brestrup argues against a practice that has been widely accepted by animal advocacy organizations such as the Humane Society, the SPCA and even PETA--that of killing "surplus" companion animals in order to save them from suffering.This is not an emotional appeal, but rather a reasoned argument that pulls apart the rationals for killing these animals from a philosophical and practical perspective.He explores how animal welfare organizations have been subtly co-opted into serving a social order that sees non-human animals as objects to be bought and disposed of at will.While preaching responsible pet "ownership," the animal welfare organizations help keep the streets free from pesky strays and provide a place for people to dump unwanted companion animals--regardless of if the shelter has room or how trival a reason is given for no longer wanting the animal.He does not attack shelter workers' sincerity in wanting to save homeless animals from "fates worse than death," but argues that the killing solution undermines the long-term goals.He also refuses to use the word euthanasia without quotation marks when describing the killing of a healthy animal.This in itself is a mental adjustment I believe is important--euthanasia is killing in order to end the pain of mortal illness or injury, and it is overused when applied to killing non-humans, whether at the shelter or the fur farm.

The second and third parts of the book depart slightly from the shelter focus to discuss disposability in context.The second part looks at human relations to non-companion animals and to nature in general, while the third analyzes the broad context of commodity culture.While I found this organization a little disjointed, the material is powerful and as well argued as the first part of the book.Even if you are not involved in animal welfare or you do not have companion animals, this book will definitely challenge how you conceive of yourself in relation to animals and the rest of the world.

First book to give a realistic alternative!
As a former SPCA volunteer and longtime vegan animal rights activist, the issue of destroying companion dogs, cats, rabbits, and other animals by humane societies is one of the hardest to deal with. Craig Brestrup's book provides valuable insite and gives a realistic alternative for handling the pet overpopulation problem.

At their best, animal shelters provide room and board, veterinary treatment, food, and a chance for adoption to stray animals who would otherwise be in immediate danger.Unfortunately, traditional shelters have become death camps for owners to conveniently drop off their animals once they become a burden.This book describes the unintended side effects of this practice.Shelters have maintained an open door policy of accepting animals even when they are full.The reasons given by "owners" include but are not limited to:someone in their family is allergic, they are moving, they don't want to clean the litter box, the cat claws the furniture, the family just had a baby, among several others. A full shelter accepting creatures given up for frivolous reasons makes it too convenient for humans to view the animals as disposable commodities. The shelters also have low adoption rates because their procedures overly scrutinize and intimidate potential guardians.Meanwhile, a potential owner can quite easily get fertile animal who will reproduce from a pet store, breeder, or give away thus dooming one more creature in the shelter to be killed.Both the humane societies and our culture as a whole should really look into the entrenched belief that euthanizing is always saving an animal from fates worse than death.

Brestrup provides a solution which all of us involved with animal rights and animal shelters should consider: focus on only taking in stray animals and those who are in obvious immediate danger into the shelters.Do not accept guardian released animals who are not homeless yet.Instead work with the guardians on taking care of their animals, eg. management of allergies and behavior problems, redirection to pet friendly landlords, and assisting guardians in arranging their own adoptions if relinguishing is truly inevitable.Continue to screen adopters, however, be more customer friendly by working with marginal adopters instead of turning them down; once they take home an animal, have volunteers work with them to take responsibility for these sentient creatures.By working with the adopters, the humane societies will show consistency and respect for the lives of companion animals.Through his group in Progressive Animal Welfare Society, the author began his own program as described above.It will be interesting to see how it progresses, hopefully, other humane societies will catch on.

Like many people, I have always hated that millions of healthy adoptable animals were killed, even painlessly by humane societies.Unfortunately, I could never think of any other alternatives on how to handle the pet overpopulation problem.While Craig Brestrup acknowledges that his solution will not be without imperfections, DISPOSABLE ANIMALS is the firstbook which I have read that gives a realistic strategy. ... Read more

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Federal law now requires that institutions provide training for anyone caring for or using laboratory animals. This volume provides the guidelines and resources needed to coordinate a quality training program, as well as to meet all legal requirements. There is a core module for all personnel that takes no more than four hours to present. Most staff then proceed to one or more additional skills-development modules including the species-specific module that can be customized to any species in use at the institution, the pain management module, and the surgery module.The volume provides content information for required topics - from ethics to record keeping - and lists sources of additional publications, audiovisual programs, and computerized teaching aids. Included in this title are: ready-to-use teaching outlines, with detailed instructions for presenting material; practical guidelines on logistics, covering scheduling, budgeting, and more; and, guidelines on how to design training for adults and how to work with investigators who may resist taking training courses.This practical guidebook will be necessary for research institutions, particularly for staff members responsible for training coordination. ... Read more

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