Born to Be Wild: The Livewire Guide to Saving Animals

by GELLATLEY JULIET

• ISBN13: 9780704349698
• ISBN10: 0704349698
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

This book aims to show the reader the many ways in which they can respond to animal issuesfrom buying cruelty-free products to demonstrating about injustices and lobbying local MPs. The author exposes the ways in which animals are abused by humans, even when they are supposedly protected as endangered species. Aimed at teenagers, but suitable for everyone, it shows we can all do something to help end the shame.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(8)
Fashion Without Compassion: Animals Killed for Fur and Leather	8	(14)
Killing for Kicks: Hunting and Fighting Animals for Pleasure	22	(23)
Under Fire: Hunting Animals for Profit	45	(20)
Behind Bars: Animals in Zoos and Circuses	65	(18)
Blinded by Science: Experiments on Animals	83	(18)
Creature Comforts: Companion Animals at Home	101	(21)
Animal Farm: The Life of Farmed Animals	122	(27)
The Killing Fields: The Live Export and Slaughter of Farmed Animals	149	(21)
Hook, Line and Sinker: Killing Fish for Fun and Food	170	(17)
Frankenstein Foods: The Genetic Engineering of Animals	187	(15)
In the Name of God: Animals and Religion	202	(13)
Close to the Edge: Animals on the Brink of Extinction	215	(16)
Conclusion: Why Does it Matter?	231	(10)
Directory of Animal Groups	241	(17)
Index	258