Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare

Subjects:

• Science » Biology
• Law » Contemporary Law

Awards:

• Reference and User Services Association of the ALA (RUSA), Outstanding Reference Source, 1998
• Library Journal Best Reference Book, 1998

Reviews:

• A welcome multidisciplinary approach that shows us the extensive roles nonhuman animals play in virtually all areas of our lives....This monumental work deserves a place in every reference collection.
  —Library Journal
• An excellent contribution to the literature of animal rights and animal welfare, recommended for all libraries.
  —Choice
• ...an excellent sourcebook on this domain.
  —Humanist in Canada Spring 2002
• Concerned with the dignity of animals and humans' responsibilities toward them, this book offers both sides of major issues regarding animal rights.... A welcome addition to the literature on this increasingly important topic.
  —School Library Journal
• Now for the first time, we have a reasoned, balanced, and comprehensive resource book on the whole controversial issue [the encyclopedia is] by far the broadest, deepest book on the subject to date....This book belongs in every school and library (at least) if for no other reason than it will give humans an opportunity to think about how they treat their non-human fellow travelers.
  —Boulder Daily Camera
• This title is recommended for public libraries and junior and senior high school media centers.
  —VOYA
• A remarkably complete but still compact volume....this is a fascinating book that will be used by animal welfare scientists, lobbyists, journalists, teachers and, one hopes, politicians. As it is the sort of book that one uses either to look up a subject or to dip into at leisure, it will continue to delight with nuggets of information for many years to come. If you want to find out what misothery is, or why insects may not feel pain, or what the Hagenbeck revolution was, I recommend that you buy this book and find out.
  —Animal Behaviour
• Those looking for a quick multidisciplinary reference manual with basic information on a plethora of subjects relating to animal welfare--from as broad and complex as the religious aspects of animals to as specific and simple as dogs - will find the manual useful and enlightening....Bibliographies at the conclusion of each topic discussion are also informative and may point the researcher toward more in-depth information publications. The encyclopedia covers almost every scientific topic pertinent to animal welfare....Easy reading and a handy reference tool, the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare serve as both a reference guide for serious researchers as well as an interesting "flip-through" book for those simply interested in the fate of animals.
  —Catholic Library Association
• It is a useful book for general interest readers wishing to gain a short-cut entry into the literature....[A] useful reference work that makes many of the issues, philosophies, personalities and organizations concerned with animal welfare and animal rights readily accessible.
  —Contemporary Topics for Laboratory Animal Science
• The editors remarkably balance the differences among animal protection supporters and explaining the reasoning of those opposing animal rights....[T]his unique encyclopedia is recommended for academic and large public libraries interested in both the contemporary and the historical, philosophical, and psychological foundations of animal welfare.
  —Reference & User Service Quarterly
• This work makes an excellent addition to the literature on animal rights and animal welfare. This is a definite purchase for academic libraries, although public libraries may find it useful.
  —American Reference Books Annual

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Jane Goodall
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chronology
• Alphabetical Listing of Entries
• Appendix: Resources on Animal Welfare and Humane Education
• Sources Index