Animals and Society

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All Creatures Safe and Sound

The Social Landscape of Pets in Disasters

Sarah E. DeYoung and Ashley K. Farmer

Lessons from recent disasters on accounting for the safety of animals and humans alike

224 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table, 10 halftones

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Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues

Reflections on Redecorating Nature

Marc Bekoff

An engaging, thoughtful look at the science and ethics of research into animal behavior

320 pages | 6 x 9 | 3 tables

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Animals at Play

Rules of the Game

Marc Bekoff

What can we learn from watching animals play?

32 pages | 9 x 7 | 24 color illustrations

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Animals, Property, and the Law

Gary L. Francione

How to balance the failure of the legal system to protect animals with its professed recognition of animal rights

368 pages | 6 x 9

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Blue Juice

Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine

Patricia Morris

How veterinarians and owners manage companion animal euthanasia

244 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table

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Cat Culture

The Social World of a Cat Shelter

Janet M. Alger and Steven F. Alger

Understanding cats as social animals

256 pages | 5.5 x 8.25 | 10 halftones

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Deep Vegetarianism

Michael Allen Fox

A compelling argument for a vegetarian lifestyle

234 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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Exploiting the Wilderness

An Analysis of Wildlife Crime

Greg L. Warchol

A contemporary criminological analysis of the African and Asian illegal trade in wildlife

208 pages | 6 x 9 | 2 tables, 16 halftones, 2 maps

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Filling the Ark

Animal Welfare in Disasters

Leslie Irvine

Why the fate of animals in disasters depends on policy informed by compassion

176 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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Fishy Business

Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature

Rik Scarce

Where does society end and nature begin?

272 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 figs.

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Gone Goose

The Remaking of an American Town in the Age of Climate Change

Braden T. Leap

How members of a rural town in the Midwest worked to sustain their culture and community in response to climate change

270 pages | 6 x 9 | 1 table, 1 figure, 11 halftones

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Hearts and Minds

The Controversy Over Laboratory Animals

Julian McAllister Groves

Thought-provoking arguments and behaviors on both sides of the controversy surrounding biomedical research on animals

240 pages | 5.5 x 8.25

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If You Tame Me

Understanding Our Connection with Animals

Leslie Irvine

Narrowing the gulf between humans and animals

240 pages | 6 x 9

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Introduction to Animal Rights

Your Child or the Dog?

Gary L. Francione

A guidebook for examining our personal and ethical beliefs about human treatment of animals

272 pages | 6 x 9 | 12 figures, 12 halftones

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Just a Dog

Understanding Animal Cruelty and Ourselves

Arnold Arluke

How can we make sense of acts of cruelty towards animals?

232 pages | 6 x 9

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