Animal Liberation ANNOTATION
Animal Liberation is the revised and updated edition of the definitive animal liberation text, that reports that many of the abuses of the past have decreased, serious new offenses have taken their place. This book will attract supporters and skeptics alike because of its persuasive appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Since its original publication in 1975, this groundbreaking work by Peter Singer has awakened millions of concerned men and women to the shocking abuse of animals everywhere -- inspiring a worldwide movement aimed at transforming the way we treat animals. Animal Liberation exposed the chilling realities of "factory farms" while offering alternatives that are good not only for animals, but also for humans and for the environment. This edition, updated with a new preface by the author, assesses the impact of the Animal Liberation movement over the recent decades and highlights the ways in which animals continue to be used as mere tools for human use, without concern for their interests. An important and persuasive appeal to basic ethical principles, Animal Liberation is essential reading for the supporter and the skeptic alike.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
``The modern animal rights movement may be dated to the 1975 publication of Animal Liberation by Australian philosopher Peter Singer,'' declared Newsweek of the first edition, and this ``bible'' for animal rights activists has just undergone a second edition. Singer continues his ``blistering indictment of so-called humane use of animals in scientific research'' ( LJ 12/1/75), describes the current (and still atrocious) state of animal testing, and brings up to date the activities of the animal rights movement, nascent at the time of the first edition's release. This is a necessary purchase for any animal rights collection. See also Heidi J. Welsh's Animal Testing and Consumer Products , reviewed in this issue, p. 98.--Ed.-- Judy Quinn, ``Library Journal''
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