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A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy : the human cost of the animal rights movement /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Wesley J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Encounter Books, [2010]
Edition:1st American ed.
Subjects:
Animal rights.
Human-animal relationships.
Animal welfare.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / by Dean Koontz
  • Introduction
  • Part I: "For the animals"
  • Animal advocacy isn't what it used to be
  • "All animals are equal"
  • Animals are people too
  • Let it begin with apes
  • Here comes the judge
  • The Silver Spring monkey case
  • The death of a thousand cuts
  • Proselytizing children
  • Part II: By any means necessary
  • Advocating terror
  • Tertiary targeting
  • Praising with faith condemnation
  • Murder they wrote?
  • Part III: For the people
  • Animal rights vs. medical research
  • Our system of animal research
  • Ensuring the proper care of lab animals
  • Meat is not murder
  • Fur, hunting, and zoos
  • The importance of being human.