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The inspiring true story of Best Friends, the Angel Canyon, Utah sanctuary, and a few dedicated people who made it happen. ... Read more

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Inspiring Stories of Animal Rescue
This is a fantastic book. Like other reviewers have noticed, it doesn't contain a lot of animal abuse stories. The ones that are included are included to show what caring individuals can do to save animals in a bad situation and provide them with a shelter, a sanctuary, a place to live the rest of their natural life where they are safe, cared for, and loved.

I have to say, this is the most inspiring story I have ever found. It starts with a group of friends who want to save animals. They find a plot of land that inspires them where they move all of their current animals. Through financial troubles they work together to create the awesome animal sanctuary that exists today. It is truly inspiring and can make anyone want to do their part in lowering the kill rate of unwanted animals and valuing every animal - no matter their disability or care requirements.

A great read - lives up to the Sanctuary itself
Although I could have wished it to go into a LITTLE more depth, and add sixteen more chapters & a hundred more photos... this was a really enjoyable read. As a supporter of Best Friends, I can recommend this one to all you animal-lovers & -rescuers out there.

Having just read a truly dreadful animal-rescue book, "Canine Caper : Real Life Tales of a Female Pet Vigilante," by Rose Block and Delilah Ahrendt, diving into this one was a great relief.

God bless everyone involved with the Best Friends effort, out there.

Not Honest & Out of Date
Much has changed at Best Friends since this book was written. First, all the old founders are gone, and have been replaced with unknowns, some that have been fired under odd circumstances. Second, Best Friends has NOT succeeded at No Kill at their sanctuary. They turn away animals brought to them, and they have been getting rid of dogs they were committed to care for in large numbers, and are downsizing. Donors aren't aware of this. Also, information surfaced (documented by business records) that the merchandise purchased from Best Friends like Tishirts, mugs, etc. goes to a private corporation that financially benefits the founders, not the sanctuary. Something strange is going on at Best Friends, and there has been a troubling involvement with breeders and breeder groups who don't have the animals' interests at heart. This book is completely outdated, as nearly everything about Best Friends has changed since its publication, and not for the better.

Amazing People Make a Difference
This book is the story about the admirable people who created Dogdown and how they did it. It is about people, making a difference in the world. The animals they sought to protect are presented as more of a backdrop rather than the actual story because the book is about enacting an idea. I found the parade of characters discussed a little bit confusing but I am sure that they did not want to leave anyone out. It takes "a village" to create a sanctuary of this magnitude. Having said that, it is a worthy read and I found the story very interesting and instructional. Thank goodness for people like this.

Beautiful and Inspiring
This book made me laugh and cry, and inspired me to tell everyone about the great work they are doing.I really enjoyed the stories about each animals personalities and relationships.It's as much about them as the people who made it happen. ... Read more

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Animal protection activists in the United States have long sought legislation to modify or curtail some practices considered by U.S. agriculture to be acceptable or even necessary to animal health. USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is responsible for enforcing the Animal Welfare Act, which requires minimum standards of care for certain warm-blooded animals bred for commercial sale, used in research, transported commercially, or exhibited to the public. The Human Methods of Slaughter Act governs the humane slaughter and handling of livestock at packing plants. This book examines the violations perpetrated under the Human Methods of Slaughter Act, and the Animal Welfare Act and advises where actions are needed to strengthen enforcement on the humane treatment of animal handling laws. ... Read more

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Behavior has always been recognized as an important indicator of health and welfare in farm animals. Until recently, however, the curricula of agriculture and veterinary students have paid little attention to these issues. This situation has now changed and most students will receive a formal course in the subject and require a basic textbook. This book fulfills the need for such a comprehensive textbook. The third edition was originally published in 1990 by Bailliere Tindall, but is now reprinted because of the demand expressed by teachers and students. It provides a comprehensive guide to the behavior of farm animals and to the objective evaluation of their welfare. While primarily directed at students, it will also be valuable for veterinary practitioners, farmers and biologists seeking an introduction to the subject. ... Read more

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The welfare of animals continues to increase in recognition and concern throughout the world, with more and more research in the field offering new insights into the optimal conditions and treatment for the animals we live and work with. Providing a broad introduction to the key topics in the welfare of animals large and small, farm and companion, wild and zoo, this fully updated textbook covers ethics, animal pain and injury, health and disease and social conditions, welfare issues and problems, their assessment, and solutions. With contributions from renowned international experts Animal Welfare, 2nd Edition is an essential resource for students and researchers in animal and veterinary sciences. ... Read more

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This encyclopaedic volume is the most compre hensive collection of original studies on animals and theolo gy ever published. It tackles many apparently simple issues which raise fundamental questions about theology and how it is done. ' ... Read more

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How should we think of animals?
In 'Animals on the Agenda', Andrew Linzey and Dorothy Yamamoto have put together a good collection of essays and articles on the study of animals and theology. American and European contributors have come together to discuss questions that often perplex people from childhood onward -- do animals have souls? What is the proper attitude toward animals? Are they merely resources, or do they have rights?

Much of theology divides the world into two classes -- creation and humanity; animals almost always get lumped in with the rest of creation, with little or no recognition of the sentient character of their being. Mainstream Christianity and Judaism still propagate ideas that are harmful to animals -- although, in the kosher laws of Judaism, respect of the living character of animals has always had a certain prominence, and more recently Christianity has dealt with the idea of animals as a valuable part of creation, worthy of respect and not merely exploitation by humanity.

This book is primarily one of Christian theological perspectives -- I mention Judaism because many of the issues overlap, and many of the essays in this text will be informative for people of both traditions.

This is not to say that the Christian or Jewish perspective must embrace vegetarianism, or suddenly convert to a radical elevation of the animal kingdom above that of humanity. While many Eastern religions have historically and theologically embraced what Westerners often consider an extreme point of view on animals, there is insight to be gained from them, as well. For 2000 years in the Christian tradition, and longer in the Jewish tradition, animals have had not only a low status, but often no status.

'Animals are subordinate to humankind, who have been given 'dominion' (commonly understood as despotism) over them. How far these ideas are distinctly or authentically Christian is beside the point; the fact is that the Christian tradition has propagated them--and still defends them.'

Does an ethical sensitivity to animals represent a rejection of traditional theology? Many saints have been represented as having close, harmonious relations with animals (and not just St. Francis). It is true that most moral and systematic theologies have ignored animals, or relegated them to nothing more than a tool. Interestingly, Linzey states that the current state of theology is more open to the idea of aliens than to animals. In the speculation about possible life beyond the earth, some theologians already allow access to the divine.

'Such theological open-mindedness, not to mention open-heartedness, to other non-human alien species is hardly ever directed to other non-human but non-alien animal species.'

This collection is very much a beginning. By looking at scriptural perspectives on animals in the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament, church traditional perspectives (both catholic and protestant), examining disputed questions such as 'do animals have souls?' and 'what is the purpose of animal suffering?', and finally looking at ethical obligations to animals, this collection is a pioneering work that opens the door to further, more fruitful discussions in modern theology of the place of animals.

The title of the final essay, 'Is the Consistent Ethic of Life Consistent without a Concern for Animals?' perhaps best sums up the approach -- life in its diversity must include animals. This is not to elevate them above the place of humanity, or even to put them on an equal footing in all things, but to give them their rightful place, and proper compassion and respect.

A good summary of much-needed ideas about animals.
I've grown very accustomed to defending the Biblically-based ideas of Andrew Linzey to those "Christians" who know little about God'sWord and even less of His love and mercy, and this compilation is awonderful addition to his impressive list of writings. This was the bookthat first introduced me to him, and others, in this fascinating field ofBiblical thought. Highly recommended! ... Read more

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'Written in a lively and entertaining style, this little book, which deals with topics such as 'personhood', animal rights, and artificial intelligence ...makes some rather difficult philosophical points clear in an unpedantic fashion' - M E Winston, Trenton State College. ... Read more

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Interesting Issue
This book deals with issues that we do not think in our daily life and this is what it is to be a person. It is amazing how the arguments of the book are construed and seems absurd to take the consideration of animalsand machines being persons. Yet, regardless of its absurdity it issomething that should be considered; an issue that should be debated on.The first thing that came to my mind while reading this book is that aperson is similar to a computer in that persons are also 'programmed' bysociety and education (this issue is not about the computer we use in ourdaily lives but a more complicated machine). When reading this book keep inmind that a human being means "any individual of the genus Homo, esp.a member of thespecies Homo sapiens." So, obviously Justin Leiber is not saying that computers are humans because they are not from the samespecies. Now, what it is to be a person is something different. I neverthought of the way we use the word person being equal to human being. Infact, I thought person=human being, but now I have realized this is not so.A human being is a person (there is no doubt about this) but notnecessarily a person is a human being. For example, in law a corporation, apartnership, an estate, or other legal entity is recognized to a person,but not a human being. Think about it if a corporation that does notfunction with the same autonomy as the computer in the book is a person whythe computer can not be a person too. All these things I have thought ofcame from reading this book. I strongly recommend it because it gives thepossibility of opening our mind and seeing reality from a differentperspective. ... Read more

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When Richard Ryder coined the term 'speciesism' over two decades ago, the issue of animal rights was very much a minority concern that had associations with crankiness. Today, the animal rights movement is well-established across the globe and continues to gain momentum, with animal experimentation for medical research high on the agenda and very much in the news. This pioneering book — an historical survey of the relationship between humans and non-humans — paved the way for these developments. Revised, updated to include the movement's recent history and available in paperback for the first time, and now introducing Ryder's concept of 'painism', Animal Revolution is essential reading for anyone who cares about animals or humanity.
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The coming of vegetarian civilization
This is a fascinating and useful account of man's philosophic and religious mindsets toward the animal world, and rides the tide of the animal rights movement, with a history of same since the resurgence of activism in the sixties onward. A good companion to Singer's Animal Liberation, the book shares with it what I would consider an excessively solicitous attitude toward Darwinism, although the latter provides indirectly the characteristically openended injunction to see the continuum of man and animal brethren. In fact, how account for the evolution of this emergentist trend in history toward the post-carnivorous human? This apart, the splendid portrait in detail of the confusion over man-animal relations fills the void in one's awareness of this issue, and one senses the onset of a one-way valve here: there is no going back. The last excuses for the passage have fallen away in an age of scientific genetics and nutritional research. The man in the business devouring the flesh of animals is a morbid spectacle of an extinct 'species', goodbye to all that.

Fascinating.Thought provoking.Unique.A mine of info.
This is a fascinating book. It traces the whole history of the relationship between humans and animals and the development of the movement in recent decades to protect animals. Philosophers have led the current revival of interest in animal rights. In Europe the issue has gone further and a mass of new legislation has been passed in recent years to protect animals. If animals can suffer why should they not have rights? But why does Europe lead the US on this? Why is America being left behind? Are Americans less rational or less compassionate? Ryder addresses these issues (which are rarely addressed elsewhere). This is one of the main reasons I find the book invaluable. He also gives a wealth of scientific evidence to support the case for better treatment and respect for animals. I really think that Ryder's voice is worth listening to - after all, he gave to Peter Singer the idea of 'speciesism' and provided much of the material that Singer used in his classic Animal Liberation way back in 1975. ... Read more

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Kids just like you are making a difference in the lives of animals every day. They're rescuing homeless pets, raising money for shelters and charities, making jewelry and holding bake sales to support animal-friendly causes, volunteering their time to educate others, and so much more. You'll be inspired by their courageous and compassionate stories, and you'll learn what you can do to help make the world a better place for our furry and feathered friends.

Loaded with lots of color photos and friendly information you can trust, the ASPCA Kids books were written by animal lovers for animals lovers—just like you. ... Read more

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Kids and adults can learn from this book
This wonderful book tells the story of dozens of kids and teens around the country that are helping animals. The stories are inspiring to adults and kids alike. Reading this book with your kids can help get them off the couch and out in the community making a difference. The book is well written and chronicles a diverse selection of kids and animals. I highly recommend this book for your home library and the classroom. I donated a copy to my son's school library. ... Read more

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Larry Carbone, a veterinarian who is in charge of the lab animal welfare assurance program at a major research university, presents this scholarly history of animal rights. Biomedical researchers, and the less fanatical among the animal rights activists will find this book reasonable, humane, and novel in its perspective. It brings a novel, sociological perspective to an area that has been addressed largely from a philosophical perspective, or from the entrenched positions of highly committed advocates of a particular position in the debate. ... Read more

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great read
Don't pay attention to the animal rights activists reviews on this book. They probably never even read the book but just write reviews to bash pro-animal welfare. (if you don't know the difference, look it up)

This book is written by a Veterinarian who spent his life trying to battle and understand the different controversies in using animals for research.

I will be a Vet. Med. student this fall and I am interested in going into lab animal medicine. I am a huge advocate of animal welfare and I am also a scientist. I got this book to help me better understand animal welfare and the use of animal models in research. I know that animal models must be used to advance science but I also believe only ethical procedures should be allowed. This book was exactly what i was looking for. It discusses the borderline of animals in research. This really reflected the controversy that has been going on in my head ever since I started doing research. It was comforting to know that other veterinarians share the same questions as i do and i learned a lot from reading this book.

What Animals Want: Apprently to Be Exploited
If you want to know what other animals want, look into your human animal heart. They don't want to be enslaved, exploited, or anything else for human greed or minor gains (that are completely outweighed by the scientific and moral costs).

Animals don't want to be hurt.
On its face, Larry Carnone's What Animals Want presents the thoughts and ideas of a reasonable well-intentioned compassionate veterinarian doing his best to limit the suffering experienced by animals in the laboratories at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Carbone seems to walk an imagined middle ground, pointing out various examples of self-serving callousness among the researchers and the industry as well as the fumbling generally ineffectual efforts of animal advocates to severely limit the harm done to animals in the name of science.

A reader will probably come away with the notion that the animals at UCSF are well served and fortunate to have Carbone as their advocate, and that someone like him is probably what animals at other labs would want if they could voice their opinions.

What Animals Want provides a limited look at the industry from the perspective of an insider. Carbone seems intellectually honest as he discusses the opinions of philosophers on both sides of the issue. These characteristics combine to make the book worth reading.

As with nearly every apology for animal research, there is however an unsavory and unmentioned dimension to Carbone's claims that the average reader cannot be expected to recognize. Carbone's tenure at UCSF encompasses a period of time, right up to the present, during which severe violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) have come to light.

Under Carbone's watch, animal care staff have felt a need to reach out repeatedly for help from animal rights organizations, to call attention to the suffering in the labs. The USDA found that animal care staff were justifiably worried about retaliations if they called UCSF's oversight committee's attention to these problems.

During Carbone's tenure, UCSF received more citations for severe violations of the AWA than perhaps any other public facility. The details of the suffering within the labs, the poor veterinary care, and the employee fear combine to make the situation at UCSF an example of one of the most poorly run animal research institutions in the nation with regard to animal care and suffering.

But the average reader is unlikely to have read the USDA inspection reports or to have read through the approved protocols detailing what is being done to the animals, or to have seen the undercover photos from within the lab.

Taking Carbone at his word, it is indeed troubling that a facility with such a seemingly enlightened vet could be such a hellhole for animals. The implications for animals in the labs across the country with attending vets who openly disdain concern and criticism are dark and bleak.

My problem with books like Carbone's is that readers might base their opinions on a single book. In such cases, like What Animals Want, they will be largely misled and misinformed. The resulting opinions are likely to do more harm than good overall.

The radical middle ground on animal welfare in laboratories
I loved this book.I have always been sympathetic to arguments made by the animal rights community about the plight of animals in laboratories.I've also always believed that the work scientists do in those laboratories makes long, healthy, human lives possible.I've never before known what to believe about what kinds of research scientists really need to use animals for, and what kinds of welfare concerns scientists actually heed.The arguments on this topic generate lots of heat and little light.
Until this book.Carbone is a veterinarian who has made a career taking care of animals in laboratories and fighting for their welfare.He does this because he thinks scientific research is important, but he also cares deeply about the animals used by the scientists.In this book, he straddles the "radical middle" on the topic.He argues that we can figure out what animals want, and not necessarily by listening to what scientific studies of pain and distress tell us they want.I found myself writing in the margins on every page, because the arguments are interesting and thought provoking all the way through.I'd highly recommend this for anyone interested in animal rights, animal research, or medical progress.

Required Reading
Dr. Carbone's beautifully written, engaging, and balanced analysis of laboratory animal welfare policy should be required reading for anybody interested in the multitude of ethical questions that arise from the care and use of animals for human needs.It should also be required reading for anybody not interested in these important issues as they will become interested after reading just the first chapter.This book is accessible to experts as well as the lay reader.

In his book, Dr. Carbone presents a clear, focused, and succinct history of laboratory animal welfare policy and in doing so raises fascinating questions throughout the book.The book focuses on a crucial question, simple and often overlooked: how do we know what animals want?Every chapter is superb.For example, his case studies on death by decapitation, dog exercise and primate psychological well-being illustrate fascinating connections between (animal welfare) science and policy and highlight the strengths and limitations of science in helping us determine (or rather, guess) what animals want.

Because Dr. Carbone's analysis is remarkably balanced for such a controversial and often polarized issue, his book will stimulate all those interested in debates about animal care and use - whether for scientific study or for food - to think more deeply about their own deeply held views. ... Read more

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This book is about one of the most extraordinary phenomena of our times, one which raises fundamental questions about the nature of altruism, about the character of humankind, about a new political agenda and about the relationship of humans with the rest of nature. This phenomenon is the attention paid to the welfare of nonhuman animals and their rights or interests. In the century since Darwin, humankind have clung to the notion that they are entirely different from and morally superior to all other species. This modern idea is in sharp contrast to ancient times when, the evidence shows, early humans respected animals and early religions saw them as divine manifestations. The relationship of humankind to other species is the focus of this work. An historical overview is first presented, crossing many cultures and eras. The ethics of animal exploitation and "pain-ism" are next covered, followed by an exploration of the science of animal welfare. How the political debate over animal welfare has developed and its potential for changing politicians' attitudes and behavior are the subjects of the concluding chapter. ... Read more

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An insightful book on animal rights (AR) by a pioneer of AR
The author Richard Ryder is well known in animal protection circles as a successful campaigner politically and as the creator of the notion of "speciesism", a term he introduced to describe the universaloppression of the other animals by the human species.The Political Animalis his latest book and is an overview of the history of the human-nonhumanrelationship, its ethics, the science of animal welfare and the politicalcampaign.

Ryder, as a pioneer of the modern animal rights movement, is inan almost unique position in being able to write about all its aspects,European as well as American, scientific, political as well asphilosophical.He is an activist in all these arenas.In the book, hedescribes how he stimulated the scientific study of animals, achieveddirect contacts with influential politicians and revealed forgotten aspectsof the history of the animal reform movement.Wearing his philosophicalhat he proposes a moral code that is applicable not only in human to animalrelationships, but also in human to human interactions.Briefly, hecontends that we have a moral duty to relieve the pain and distress ofothers, regardless of their race, sex or species, with priority being givento the individual who is suffering most (i.e. the "painient"). He calls his position "painism".

This is a short, concise andinsightful book on various important aspects of the subject of animalrights and protection - an issue that is likely to be far more conspicuousin the politics of the new millennium. ... Read more

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Horses play a unique role in human activities, for both work and recreation. From the ranch to the racetrack, an understanding of horses' behaviour and needs is vital for man to ensure their well-being. Providing a comprehensive, scientific overview of horse behaviour and its relation to welfare, this new, updated edition includes new developments in the understanding of the relationship between physiology and performance, and the neuro-chemical basis of stereotypic behaviour. It has been expanded to address the important topic of welfare from both a fundamental and a practical viewpoint, and will serve as an essential resource for veterinarians, equine professionals and horse owners as well as students of veterinary and animal sciences.Praise for the first edition'I would recommend it to everyone with an interest in, and love of, horses.'The Veterinary Record ... Read more

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Many philosophers, including Aquinas, Locke, Schopenhauer and Kant, have assumed that there is a link between cruelty to animals and violence to people. During the last 40 years, evidence for this view has steadily accumulated as a result of statistical, psychological, and medical investigations, and there is now a substantial body of supporting empirical evidence. "The Link Between Animal Abuse & Human Violence" brings together international experts from seven countries to examine in detail the relationships between animal abuse and child abuse, the emotional development of the child, family violence, and serial murder. It considers the implications for legal and social policy, and the work of key professionals. Sections include critical overviews of existing research, discussion of ethical issues, and a special focus on the abuse of wild animals.This book is essential reading for all those who have a stake in the debate, either because their academic work relates to the issues involved, or because their professional role involves contact with the abused or the abusers, both human and animal, including child care officers, community carers, law enforcement officers, health visitors, veterinarians, anti-cruelty inspectors, animal protection officers, social scientists, lawyers, psychologists, and criminologists. This is the most up-to-date, authoritative, and comprehensive volume on the link between animal abuse and human violence. ... Read more

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The Human Use of Animals reports the facts about some of the most compelling and difficult issues about animal welfare that confront society today. Fully revised and with four new chapters, the 16 case studies in the present volume explore a variety of controversies about the human uses of animals that have emerged over the last 40 years or so. The book begins with a lengthy exploration of applicable ethical theory. It then presents the facts of the 16 cases, followed in each case by analysis of pertinent theoretical and practical ethical issues. This volume offers a discussion of controversies within a range of contexts that includes biomedical, behavioural, and wildlife research, cosmetic safety testing, education, entertainment (zoos and circuses), the food industry, commerce, companion animals and animal uses in religious practices. ... Read more

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RIGHT ON!!!There's NO excuse for animal abuse!!!
This book was Great! everyone should read it

A SOUND ETHICAL TREATMENT OF THE ANIMAL DEBATE
Orlans et al have made a novel and invaluable contribution to the ethical debate concerning "The Human Use of Animals". As a biomedical researcher of fifteen years , I appreciated the frank objectivity that theauthors brought to such morally complicated issues as animalexperimentation, modern animal farming practices, and religious sacrifice.Each of the case studies presented invokes considerable soul searching andfurther challenges the reader to question whether we as humans are doingenough to meet our moral obligations to nonhuman animals. These moralobligations, highlighted in the various case studies, are not derived fromany legalistic or heady philosophical meanderings but rather stem from anintrinsic sense of right and wrong. The case studies presented in this andhopefully future volumes of "The Human Use of Animals" shouldbecome required reading in biomedical ethics curricula. ... Read more

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Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters is a comprehensive guide to preventing, managing, and treating disease outbreaks in shelters. Emphasizing strategies for the prevention of illness and mitigation of disease, this book provides detailed, practical information regarding fundamental principles of disease control and specific management of important diseases affecting dogs and cats in group living environments. Taking an in-depth, population health approach, the text presents information to aid in the fight against the most significant and costly health issues in shelter care facilities. ... Read more

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Essential for veterinarians working with shelters
Veterinarians working with animal shelters quickly begin to realize that maintaining the physical and psychological health of shelter animals can be extremely challenging. This book covers the basic principles of disease management in shelters with emphasis on preventative measures.I am not aware of any other book that addresses these issues with such depth.

Along with "Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff" I think this text is essential for veterinarians working with shelters in any capacity.

A specific, college-level guide to preventing, managing and treating disease outbreaks in shelters
Lila Miller and Kate Hurley's INFECTIOUS DISEASE MANAGEMENT IN ANIMAL SHELTERS provides a specific, college-level guide to preventing, managing and treating disease outbreaks in shelters. From basic principles of disease control and management to practical information on population health risks, this survey is a 'must' for any shelter-specific worker or libraries catering to them. Pharmacology and canine and feline common health issues alike are covered. ... Read more

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Animals born with bones and muscles are meant to move. In modern systems of intensive agriculture, however, many animals -- notably, swine, veal calves, and poultry -- are rigorously confined. In this book Professor Bernard E. Rollin describes problems of animal welfare in today's agriculture, discusses the research that exists for improving these systems, and proposes topics for further study.

Rollin urges animal producers and agricultural scientists to begin now to address welfare problems. He cites the biomedical research community, which ignored issues of pain control and animal welfare until public concern led to federal legislation. Promising work has already been done in Europe, where the public has demanded that livestock not suffer. A new social ethic in the United States calls for humane agricultural systems that meet the needs and natures of the animals we use. Striking a balanced and rational approach, Rollin's thoughtful text is valuable reading for animal producers, agricultural scientists, veterinarians, animal advocates, and the general public. ... Read more