Animal rights
Series: The history of issues Published by : Greenhaven Press, (Farmington Hills, MI :) Physical details: 222 p. 23 cm. ISBN:0737719052 (lib. : alk. paper); 9780737719055 (lib. : alk. paper). Year: 2005| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| yan 100 - 199 | y179.3 Ani (Browse shelf) | Available | 89049 |
If humans have rights, animals have rights -- Animal experimentation is cruel to animals and to human beings -- Rise of legal protection for animals -- Experiments on animals are justified -- Moral protest is born -- Equality for animals -- Humans should be biased toward humans -- Animals have inherent value -- Animal rights are weaker than human rights -- Animals feel pleasure and pain -- Animal rights are easy to recognize but hard to respect -- Public debate over animal experimentation -- Animal rights platform -- Extreme tactics have saved countless animals -- Illegal tactics in defense of animals are sometimes justified -- Use of violence in support of animal rights is wrong -- Animal rights terrorism -- Scientists have responded by using fewer animals -- Benefits of animal research are worth the cost -- Science helping animals.
The first anti-cruelty laws were passed in the 1800s, but the modern issue of animal rights only came to prominence in the past three decades
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