A primer on animal rights : leading experts write about animal cruelty and exploitation / Kim W. Stallwood, editor.

New York : Lantern Books, 2002.

xx, 284 pages ; 23 cm

pt. 1. Companion animals -- 1. Caring for companions / Kim Sturla -- 2. Scapegoats and underdogs / Ariana Huemer -- 3. You can teach a dog cruel tricks / Michael Markarian -- 4. Nowhere to run / Joan Eidinger ... [et al.] -- pt. 2. Wildlife -- 1. Lion in every back yard / Jim Mason -- 2. Trade in drugs and wildlife / Adam M. Roberts -- 3. Dying to heal / Adam M. Roberts, Grace Ge Gabriel, Jill Robinson -- 4. Land mines / Adam M. Roberts, Kevin Stewart -- 5. Saving sharks from the jaws of greed / Susie Watts -- 6. Rocky return of the Colorado lynx / Marc Bekoff -- 7. Wildlife disservices / Elisabeth Jennings -- 8. Far reach of the fur trade / Kathy Bauch -- 9. Ultimate underdog / Nicole Rosmarino -- pt. 3. Hunting -- 1. Sport hunting / Michael Markarian -- 2. White-tailed deer / David J. Cantor -- 3. Canned hunts / Richard Farinato -- 4. Hunters set their sights on children / Michael Markarian, Norm Phelps -- 5. Nailed to the wall / Wayne Pacelle -- 6. National wildlife refuges / Camilla H. Fox -- pt. 4. Animals in entertainment -- 1. Elephants' graveyard / Jill Howard Church -- 2. Marine mammals in captivity / Naomi A. Rose -- 3. Crush videos / Adam M. Roberts -- 4. Venom over rattlesnake roundups / Teresa M. Telecky -- 5. Risky business / Naomi A. Rose -- 6. Tatters in the big top / Marianne R. Merritt -- pt. 5. Animals in agriculture -- 1. For a mouthful of flesh / Gene Bauston -- 2. Plight of poultry / Karen David -- 3. Battery hen / Karen Davis -- 4. Abolishing intensive livestock agriculture / Richard H. Schwartz -- 5. Making a killing / Jim Mason -- 6. Victims of apathy / David J. Cantor -- 7. Holiday fish story / Beth Geisler -- pt. 6. Animals in science and education -- 1. Vivisection / Don Barnes -- 2. Current view of vivisection / Martin L. Stephens -- 3. Business of animal research / Jill Howard Church -- 4. Politics of animal research / Jill Howard Church -- 5. Whose health is it anyway? / Peggy Carlson -- 6. Dissection and dissent / Jonathan Balcombe -- 7. Teaching life without the knife / Melinda B. Everett-- 8. Paradigm of progress / Sara Amundson.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-282).