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From rescuing six baby wild turkeys at the bottom of a storm drain to capturing a ten-foot-long (3-m) boa constrictor slithering through a Florida neighborhood, animal control officers are devoted to protecting animals and ensuring the safety of people.

Argues that those who oppose human suffering must also oppose inflicting suffering on animals.

Collection of historical, theoretical and applied articles on the ethical considerations in the treatment of animals by human beings.

Most people would like to see farm animals leading happy, contented lives but farmers have to make a living in a changing and competitive world. Is it possible to improve the way we keep animals and not put farmers out of business? Does it have to be a choice between ethics and economics? Between animals and humans? This book puts forward the case that we can, if we want to, have it all viable farms, healthy safe food, and an improved environment,...

In eighteenth-century England--where cockfighting and bullbaiting drew large crowds, and the abuse of animals was routine--the idea of animal protection was dismissed as laughably radical. But as pets became more common, human attitudes toward animals evolved. An unconventional duchess defended their intellect in her writings; a gentleman scientist believed that animals should be treated with compassion; and with the concentrated efforts of an eccentric...

Using simple principles of justice, Mark Rowlands argues that animals have moral rights, and examines the consequences of this claim in the contexts of vegetarianism, animal experimentation, zoos and hunting.