I bought this book after a recommendation on an internet cat mailing list, and wasn't sure what I was going to get! Most people who are interested in animal welfare have a faith of some sort, and this little book is there with the appropriate words when an animal is hurt, in trouble or dies - to put a deceased animal into a hole in the ground and walk away without a prayer to help it on its final journey just isn't on! I'm sure that there are some who'll say that animals don't have souls and will hold up their hands in horror at the contents of Animal Rites, but I for one think that animals *do* go to Heaven. If they don't, I don't want to go either. Andrew Linzey, your book's a gem!
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This is one of the most astonishing books I have ever read! You will come away from it a changed person. Your relationship to the whole animal world, to your perception of our kindred species, to the clothes you wear and the food you put in your mouth - will be totally different. Empty Cages is an exceptional tour de force. Brilliantly written. I can't recommend it more highly. Buy it and tell all your friends about it! This is a book that could literally change the world. As Jane Goodall says, everyone should have a copy on their book shelves.
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This is one of the most fantastic books I have ever read. No wonder it won the Booker prize. A brilliant, concise, compassionate, inspirational look at our perception and treatment of other, non-human animals. Quite literally life changing.
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As someone who has carried out scientific experiments on animals I approached this book with a healthy degree of scepticism. Normally I find the 'scientific' (as opposed to moral) arguments against animal research fairly uncompelling. However I was able to agree with much of the central argument, including the scandalous lack of human postmortem research, the futility of toxicity testing in whole animals and even the thesis that animals tend to provide poor models of human disease.
In fact you would think that the book shows that animal experimentation is indeed wholly unecessary for medical research. Unfortunately it never addresses the status of animals in basic scientific research in physiology, fulfilling roles something that simply ... Read More:
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This is one of the most fantastic books I have ever read. No wonder it won the Booker prize. A brilliant, concise, compassionate, inspirational look at our perception and treatment of other, non-human animals. Quite literally life changing.
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This is one of the most fantastic books I have ever read. No wonder it won the Booker prize. A brilliant, concise, compassionate, inspirational look at our perception and treatment of other, non-human animals. Quite literally life changing.
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This is one of the most fantastic books I have ever read. No wonder it won the Booker prize. A brilliant, concise, compassionate, inspirational look at our perception and treatment of other, non-human animals. Quite literally life changing.
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This book, although technical, contains thorough and concise explanations of all important aspects of both producing healthy foals and their post-natal care. Veterinary content is elementary, but the focus on the reproductive cycles of both the mare and stallion in detail throughout the book make the reproductive workings of the equine easier to understand in day to day situations as well as emergency situations. Solutions to common problems are identified and this book is an invaluable resident on any equine based higher education student's bookshelf.
Hormonal workings and artificial control:one of the most important aspects of successful breeding cycle management, especially in thoroughbreds is detailed in a clear, concise manner and no terminology ... Read More:
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