A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf

Product Code: 6751
ISBN: 9780807027608
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Pages: 240
Published Date: 04/10/2018
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Price: $17.00

Every day we are learning new and surprising facts about just how intelligent and emotional animals are—did you know rats like to play and laugh, and also display empathy, and the ears and noses of cows tell us how they’re feeling? At times, we humans translate that knowledge into compassion for other animals; think of the public outcry against the fates of Cecil the lion or the captive gorilla Harambe. But on the whole, our growing understanding of what animals feel is not resulting in more respectful treatment of them.

Renowned animal-behavior expert Marc Bekoff and leading bioethicist Jessica Pierce explore the real-world experiences of five categories of animals, beginning with those who suffer the greatest deprivations of freedoms and choice—chickens, pigs, and cows in industrial food systems—as well as animals used in testing and research, including mice, rats, cats, dogs, and chimpanzees. Next, Bekoff and Pierce consider animals for whom losses of freedoms are more ambiguous and controversial, namely, individuals held in zoos and aquaria and those kept as companions. Finally, they reveal the unexpected ways in which the freedoms of animals in the wild are constrained by human activities and argue for a more compassionate approach to conservation.

In each case, scientific studies combine with stories of individual animals to bring readers face-to-face with the wonder of our fellow beings, as well as the suffering they endure and the major paradigm shift that is needed to truly ensure their well-being.

The Animals’ Agenda will educate and inspire people to rethink how we affect other animals, and how we can evolve toward more peaceful and less violent ways of interacting with our animal kin in an increasingly human-dominated world.


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CHAPTER 1 Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age CHAPTER 2 Can Science Save Animals?
CHAPTER 3 The Animals Whom We Eat
CHAPTER 4 Fat Rats and Lab Cats
CHAPTER 5 Zooed Animals
CHAPTER 6 Captive and Companion
CHAPTER 7 Born to Be Wild?
CHAPTER 8 Coexistence in the Anthropocene and Beyond: Compassion and Justice for All
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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