The Bond

by Pacelle, Wayne

• ISBN13: 9780061969805
• ISBN10: 006196980X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-04-03
• Publisher: Avon A

Summary

In countless fascinating ways, our relationship with animals is an essential part of the human experience. Now, one of the world's leading champions of animal welfare offers a dramatic examination of our age-old bond to all creatures. Wayne Pacelle explores the many ways animals contribute to our happiness and well-being, and he reveals scientists' newfound understanding of their remarkable emotional and cognitive capacities. Pacelle also takes on animal cruelty in its many varieties, as well as stubborn opponents of animal protection?from multinational agribusiness corporations to the National Rifle Association and even our own government. An instant classic, The Bondreminds us that animals are at the center of our lives, not just a backdrop, and how we treat them is one of the great themes of the human story.

Author Biography

Wayne Pacelle is president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Introduction: Sanctuary	p. 1
A Special Bond
The Ties that Bond	p. 21
The Biochemistry of the Bond	p. 24
Pet Keeping Through the Ages	p. 30
Domesticated Animals: "Bonded to the House"	p. 33
Animal Sacrifice: "The Perfect Gift"	p. 40
Animal Welfare and the "Great Republic of the Future"	p. 43
Self-Evident Truths	p. 48
The Mismeasure of Animals	p. 54
Thinking and Feeling: Shared Capacities	p. 56
Denying Animal Intelligence	p. 59
Signs of Change	p. 66
Lifesaving Dolphins and Dogs, Altruistic Elephants, and Other Remarkable Animals	p. 71
The Emotional Lives of Animals	p. 79
The Betrayal of the Bond
A Message From Hallmark: Exposing Factory Farming	p. 91
The Slaughterhouse Next Door: Inside a California Meat Plant	p. 94
The Hypocrisy of "Happy Cows"	p. 105
Endless Denials: The Challenge of Reform	p. 114
"The New Agriculture": The Ways of Industrial Farming	p. 119
"Meat Science": Turkeys Who Can't Walk, Pigs Who Can't Move, and Other Victims of Agribusiness	p. 125
Stirring the Silent Majority	p. 130
A Culture of Cruelty: Animal Fighting in America	p. 135
Bad Newz on Moonlight Road: Dogfighting Comes Out of the Shadows	p. 137
Michael Vick and the Contradiction of Cruelty	p. 145
Blood Sport Through the Ages	p. 153
"The Feathered Warrior"	p. 157
"I Won't Disappoint You"	p. 172
For the Love of Pets	p. 177
Katrina and the Human-Animal Bond	p. 180
The Animals in Our Lives	p. 190
In the Name of Mercy: Animal Shelters and the Problem of Euthanasia	p. 196
Factory Farms for Dogs: The Tragedy of Puppy Mills	p. 204
The AKC and "the Maintenance of Purity"	p. 209
Nothing Fancy: The Costs of Reckless Breeding	p. 217
The Cull of the Wild	p. 222
Unfaithful Stewards: Betraying Yellowstone's Bison	p. 225
Killing and Longing: The Lessons of TR	p. 233
The Era of Rational Slaughter	p. 239
"Let's Kill them All": The Attack on Alaska's Wolves	p. 243
"Garbagingfor Bears": Commercial Hunting and Contemptible Conduct	p. 248
The Face of Innocence and the Shame of Canada	p. 253
Building a Humane World
Cruelty and its Defenders	p. 269
The Moral Scale and Humane Living	p. 272
Rhetorical Camouflage: Debating Opponents of Animal Protection	p. 277
Collateral Damage and the NRA	p. 284
"The Agro-Industrial Complex": Harvesting Subsidies	p. 294
"The Rising Plague" and the Veterinary Oath	p. 302
The Humane Economy	p. 312
"Creative Destruction" and Living Capital	p. 314
Wild Neighbors	p. 326
Chemistry and Compassion	p. 333
Twenty-First-Century Science	p. 338
Innovation and the Spark of Life	p. 344
Appendix: Fifty Ways to Help Animals	p. 351
Acknowledgments	p. 357
Notes	p. 363
Index	p. 409
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