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Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:31 AM

Reading list ...

 

 

> >From the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)

>

> ian bergin <ianbergin

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>

> 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

>

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