Guest guest Posted November 27, 2003 Report Share Posted November 27, 2003 - " BEKOFF MARC " <Marc.Bekoff <undisclosed-recipients:> Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:31 AM Reading list ... > >From the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV) > > ian bergin <ianbergin > ______ > > ANIMAL RIGHTS - GENERAL > > Animal Rights : a Question of Conscience > By Craig Donnellan [ed] > Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers, Cambridge, 1997 > ISBN: 1 861680 10 4 > > This book is from a series called Issues for the Nineties which addresses > contemporary social issues. It looks at the value and extent of animal > research and new alternatives and presents both sides of the bloodsports > argument including more humane options such as drag hunting. Would be > suitable as a basis for discussions in the classroom. > > Why Do People Harm Animals? > By Miles Barton > Publisher: Franklin Watts, London, 1988 > ISBN: 0 86313 774 1 > > Designed to deal with issues of concern to young children (under 10 years), > this book introduces the concept of harm into our relations with animals. > For example: as pets, as providers of fur, on farms, in circuses, zoos and > laboratories. The simple text and colourful photographs are suitable for > working with young children. > > ROAR! : Animal Rights Handbook for Kids > By Peter Hoggarth > Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens Books, London, 1996 > ISBN: 0 747526 86 9 > > This book gives the facts about how animals are treated and an opportunity > to discuss all the difficult and sensitive issues in an informed and > concerned way. It has sections on how to raise a petition, write to your MP, > organise positive action as well as packed with information on changing the > way you eat, looking after pets properly and doing voluntary work. It > includes useful addresses, sample letters and success stories to be inspired > by. > > The Young Persons Action Guide to Animal Rights > By Barbara James > Publisher: Virago Press, London, 1992 > ISBN: 1 853814 69 5 > > Reading age: 10+ > > This book covers all the major animal rights and welfare issues. A short > summary introduces each topic and practical suggestions are given on what > you can do if you want to get involved in a particular issue. Also contains > a directory of animal organisations and a further reading list. > > > Animal Rights - Extending the circle of compassion > By Mark Gold > Publisher: Jon Carpenter Publishing, Oxford, 1995 > ISBN: 1 897766 16 5 > > One of Britain's most experienced campaigners dispels the popular myth that > those who protest about the treatment of non-human animals care more about > dogs or cows than children or hungry people. > After answering all the common arguments and misrepresentations levelled > against those who campaign for animal rights, the author moves from theory > to practice, offering advice on the best available alternatives to the many > things we do and buy that depend upon animal exploitation. > > Animal Liberation > By Peter Singer > Publisher: Pimlico, 1995 > ISBN: 0 712674 44 6 > > This revised edition, of the book which has become regarded as the bible of > the animal rights movement, discusses the evolution of the movement and the > extent to which the author's own views have changed since its first > publication in 1975. There is an update of what is being done to animals in > the name of scientific, military and commercial research. > > Ethics, Humans and Other Animals > By Rosalind Hursthouse > Publisher: Routledge, 2000 > ISBN: 0 41 521242 1 > > Suggested reading age 16+ > > Written as a core text for an undergraduate Philosophy course. Offers three > philosophical accounts of how an animal protection ethic may be grounded. > Provides accessible readings and exercises to work through. A good resource > for first exposure to philosophical concerns regarding animals. > > Painism. A Modern Morality > By Richard D Ryder > Publisher: Centaur Press, 2003 > ISBN: 0 900001 46 1 > > An easy to understand book in which Ryder promotes the idea that ability to > feel pain is the most important consideration in ethics. This accessible > book details traditional approaches to ethics, sets forth Ryder's Painism > and details the implications of the new ethics. Ryder offers thirty case > studies of what his new ethics would mean for human society both in its > treatment of humans and animals. > > Animals, politics and morality > By Robert Garner > Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1993 > ISBN: 0 7190 3574 0 > > Suggested reading age 16+ > > Details the historical and modern animal protection movements. A fascinating > study of the political implications of the animal rights movement. Analyses > modern political, moral, and legal issues of concern to animal > protectionists. The conclusion discusses the moral and political > implications of the animal rights movement. > > Animals Like Us > By Mark Rowlands > Publisher: Verso, 2002 > ISBN: 1 85984 386 7 > > Suggested reading age 16+ > > A very readable, stimulating and amusing discussion of animal rights. This > book discusses the issue of animal minds, ethical obligations to animals and > five case studies of actual treatment of animals. There is also a very > sensible discussion of animal rights activism which dispels many of the > myths of those who oppose animal rights. A careful reading of this book is > extremely rewarding. > > Animals and Why They Matter > By Mary Midgley > Publisher: The University of Georgia Press, 1983 > ISBN: 0 8203 0756 4 > > Suggested reading age 16+ > > Discusses the barriers constructed to exclude animals from moral concern. > The author illustrates why the exclusion of animals from moral concern is > related to the exclusion of other groups from moral concern. Dismisses > traditional attempts to exclude animals from moral concern as irrational and > offers a conclusion which generates moral concern for animals. > > Animals Rights: A Very Short Introduction > By David DeGrazia > Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002 > ISBN: 0 19 285360 0 > > An introduction to the philosophical issues regarding the human treatment of > animals. A very readable account of what animals are like, their moral > status and the harms that may be done to them. The author offers three case > studies of how humans treat animals, including vivisection, which argue that > humans should treat animals very differently. > > Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare > By Marc Bekoff > Publisher: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998 > ISBN: 1 57958 082 3 > > A wonderful resource with short articles on most animal rights issues and > biographies of prominent historical figures. The focus tends to be directed > towards the United States but offers many insights which apply worldwide. An > easy to use book with a useful index, bibliography and organisations to > contact list. > > Strolling with Our Kin. Speaking and Respecting Voiceless Animals > By Marc Bekoff > Publisher: American Anti-Vivisection Society (distributed by Lantern Books), > 2000 > ISBN: 1 8816 9902 1 > > In this eloquent book designed for young people, Bekoff guides the reader > through the issues well. He discusses in a lively and understandable way > many of the issues relating to the humane treatment of animals. He ends with > Twelve Millennial Mantras which he hopes will help to create a world with > just and fair treatment of animals. > > The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love > By Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff > HarperCollins, October 2002 > ISBN: 0060556110 > > World-renowned behavioural scientists Jane Goodall and Marc Bekoff have set > forth ten trusts that we must honour as custodians of the planet. They argue > passionately and persuasively that if we put these trusts to work in our > lives, the earth and all its inhabitants will be able to live together > harmoniously. The Ten Trusts expands the concept of our obligation to live > in close relationship with animals -- for, of course, we humans are part of > the animal kingdom -- challenging us to respect the interconnection between > all living beings as we learn to care about and appreciate all species. > > > VIVISECTION > > Faith, Hope and Charity * > By Dr Gill Langley > BUAV, London, 1990 > ISBN: 1 870356 03 9 > > Medical research charities are among the most popular causes to which many > of us regularly donate money. The diseases that they attempt to tackle > include Britain's biggest killers such as cancer and heart disease. But how > many of us question how wisely or compassionately our money is spent ? Dr > Gill Langley digs beneath the face of three of the countries largest > charities and discovers a disturbing reliance on painful and often > misleading animal research. > > Secret Suffering : Inside a British Laboratory * > By Sarah Kite > BUAV, London, 1990 > ISBN: 1 871416 01 7 > > Sarah Kite worked for 8 months undercover in a British laboratory. In this > book she gives a personal account of the suffering she uncovered. She > carefully details how she penetrated the security of Huntingdon Research > Centre (now Huntingdon Life Sciences), the pain and distress of animals, and > the attitudes of the research workers. It is a unique, disturbing and deeply > moving account of the reality of life and death in a British laboratory. > > The Cruel Deception: The use of animals in medical research > By Dr Robert Sharpe (foreword by Julie Christie) > Publishers: Thorsons Publishers Limited, Wellingborough, 1988 > ISBN: 0 7225 1593 6 > > Robert Sharpe presents the scientific facts together with the opinions of > scientists and other professionals in the field. If you have ever wondered > exactly what vivisection involves and whether there are alternatives, read > this book. > > The Military Abuse of Animals * > BUAV, London, 1987 > ISBN: 1870356 004 > > With a foreword by Bruce Kent, this powerful and fully illustrated booklet > provides a concise introduction to the widespread abuse of animals for > military research and its ultimate application to humanity. > > The Unheeded Cry. Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain and Science. > By Bernard E. Rollin > Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1989 > ISBN: 0 19 286104 2 > > Suggested reading age 16+ > > Explains in careful detail how Science has denied the existence and > significance of animal pain. Rollin places the contemporary debate in > historical context but offers a means by which modern science can > incorporate ethical considerations into their work. Offers a powerful > defence of animal consciousness. > > Brute Science. Dilemmas of animal experimentation. > By Hugh LaFollette & Niall Shanks > Publisher: Routledge, 1996 > ISBN: 0 415 13114 6 > > Suggested reading age 16+ > > Discusses the merits and dismerits of pro- and anti- vivisectionist > arguments and sets them in historical perspective. The authors undermine, > using evolutionary theory, the idea that laboratory animal studies provide > useful information for use with humans. The authors extend the analysis with > the moral implications of their previous chapters. In conclusion they offer > policy conclusions which they derive from the discussion. > > Animal Experimentation > By David Haugen (ed) > Publisher: Greenhaven Press, 2000 > ISBN: 0 7377 0148 X > > Eighteen essays on the pros and cons of using animals in vivisection > designed to stimulate school debate. Particularly of interest are Peter > Tatchell's essay about AIDS research being hindered by animal research and > the unethical nature of using animals in education. There is an interesting > discussion of the need for alternatives to the use of animals in > vivisection. Useful book list at the end. > > > Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: the Human Cost of Experiments on Animals > By C. Ray Greek & Jean Swindle Greek > Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000 > ISBN: 0826412262 > > This book challenges the widely held belief that the use of living animals > in biomedical research is absolutely necessary for the advancement of human > medical knowledge. The authors seek to show that the use of animals in > medical research is unethical, not only in relation to the suffering of the > animals, but because faulty science underpins such experimentation, leading > to needless human as well as animal suffering. > > > VIVISECTION- HISTORICAL > > Campaigning against cruelty * > By Emma Hopley > BUAV, London, 1998 > ISBN: 1 870356 160 > > Written to commemorate the centenary of the BUAV this book traces the growth > of the organisation from one womans inspiration into one of Europe's > foremost animal protection societies. This captivating book blends history > with manifesto to capture the passion of 100 years of campaigning against > animal experiments. > > The brown dog affair : the story of a monument that divided a nation > By Peter Mason > Publisher: Two Sevens Publishing, London, 1997 > ISBN: 0 952985 40 3 > > An account of anti-vivisection activity in Battersea, South London between > 1903 and 1911. The events focus around the statue erected in tribute of a > brown terrier dog 'done to death' in the laboratories at the University > College London which led to riots in central London during 1907 > > Experimenting with Humans and Animals: From Galen to Animal Rights (Johns > Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Science) > By Anita Guerrini > Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003 > ISBN: 0801871972 > > In-depth key historical episodes in the use of living beings in science and > medicine, including the discovery of blood circulation, the development of > smallpox and polio vaccines, and recent AIDS research are looked at in this > book. The rise of the anti-vivisection movement in Victorian England, the > modern animal rights movement and current debates over gene therapy are also > explored. In this accessible text, we also learn how our understanding of an > animal's capacity to feel pain has evolved > > > GENETIC ENGINEERING OF ANIMALS > > Superpigs and Wondercorn > By Dr Michael W Fox > Lyons and Burford, 1992 > ISBN: 1 55821 182 9 > > This title deals with the issues of animal genetic engineering in > agricultural research and addresses the legal and regulatory issues. > > > The Frankenstein Syndrome : ethical and social issues in the genetic > engineering of animals > By Bernard E. Rollin > Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995 > > This book is a philosophically sophisticated and scientifically > well-informed discussion of the moral and social issues raised by genetic > engineering animals. The author attempts to inform, not inflame, the reader > about the real problems society must address in order manage to this > technology. > > > NOTE: Only the books marked with * are available from the BUAV > > _______________ > Has one of the new viruses infected your computer? Find out with a FREE > online computer virus scan from McAfee. Take the FreeScan now! > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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