Julie Urbanik, PhD, is an independent scholar, creative geographer, and cofounder of the animal geography specialty group of the Association of American Geographers.Connie L. Johnston, PhD, is an adjunct professor with the DePaul University Department of Geography.

The 'Primary Documents' section includes international laws, books, and documents on the legal and moral treatment of animals and provides a fascinating and comprehensive look into the work being done in the area of animal rights. The inclusion of background material on laws and ethics offers more depth, and readers will find the extensive bibliography an ideal jumping-off point for further research. VERDICT Useful to high schoolers for reports and projects and of interest to adults for general reading.

• Preface,Introduction,EntriesAdvertising, Animals in,Advocacy,Agency,Animal Assisted Activities,Animal Assisted Therapy,Animal Cultures,Animal Geography,Animal Law,Animal Liberation Front (ALF),Animals,Anthropomorphism,Aquaculture,Aquariums,Art, Animals in,Bees,Bestiality,Biodiversity,Biogeography,Biotechnology,Black Market Animal Trade,Bluefin Tuna,Body Modification,Bovine Growth Hormone,Breed Specific Legislation,Bullfighting,Bushmeat,Canadian Seal Hunt,Canned Hunting,Cats,Chimpanzees,Circuses,Climate Change,Cockroaches,Communication and Language,Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO),Coral Reefs,Cruelty,Deforestation,Designer Breeds,Dissection,Dogs,Dolphins,Domestication,Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty,Earthworms,Eastern Religions, Animals in,Ecotourism,Elephants,Emotions, Animal,Empathy,Endangered Species,Ethics,Ethology,Evolution,Exotic Pets,Extinction,Factory Farming,Feral Animals,Fighting for Human Entertainment,Fisheries,Fishing,Flagship Species,Fox Hunting,Fur/Fur Farming,Geography,Great Apes,Greyhound Racing,Habitat Loss,Hoarding, Animal,Horse Racing,Horses,Human-Animal Bond,Human-Animal Studies,Humane Education,Humane Farming,Humans,Human-Wildlife Conflict,Hunting,Husbandry,Hybrid,Indicator Species,Indigenous Religions, Animals in,Indigenous Rights,Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs),Intelligence,Invasive Species,Ivory Trade,Keystone Species,Literature, Animals in,Livestock,Mad Cow Disease,Marine Mammal Parks,Meat Eating,Meat Packing,Microbes,Military Use of Animals,Mosquitoes,Multispecies Ethnography,Non-Food Animal Products,Northern Spotted Owl,Nuisance Species,OncoMouse,Pastoralism,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),Personhood,Pets,Pit Bulls,Poaching,Polar Bears,Popular Media, Animals in,Puppy Mills,Race and Animals,Research and Experimentation,Rights,Sentience,Service Animals,Sharks,Shelters and Sanctuaries,Slaughter,Social Construction,Spay and Neuter,Species,Speciesism,Stereotypic Behavior,Taxidermy,Taxonomy,Tigers,Tracking,Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),Trophy Hunting,Veganism,Vegetarianism,Veterinary Medicine,Vivisection,Welfare,Western Religions, Animals in,Whaling,Wildlife,Wildlife Forensics,Wildlife Management,Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue,Wolves,Working Animals,World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE),Xenotransplantation,Zoogeomorphology,Zoology,Zoonotic Diseases,Zoophilia,Zoos,Primary Documents1. Animal Damage Control Act (1931),2. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (2006),3. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (1975),4. Animal Welfare Act (1966, with amendments through 2014),5. The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (2012),6. The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan (1983),7. Commission of Patents v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (2002),8. Convention on Biological Diversity (1992),9. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (1975),10. U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) (1973),11. The Five Freedoms (1979),12. Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (1978),13. The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) (1946),14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List Categories and Criteria (2001),15. Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes (2005),16. Livestock's Long Shadow—Report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2006),17. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859),18. U.S. Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (2006),19. The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams (1990),20. Treaty of Amsterdam (1997),Glossary,Selected Bibliography,About the Contributors,Index,

Julie Urbanik, PhD, is an independent scholar, creative geographer, and cofounder of the animal geography specialty group of the Association of American Geographers.Connie L. Johnston, PhD, is an adjunct professor with the DePaul University Department of Geography.

The 'Primary Documents' section includes international laws, books, and documents on the legal and moral treatment of animals and provides a fascinating and comprehensive look into the work being done in the area of animal rights. The inclusion of background material on laws and ethics offers more depth, and readers will find the extensive bibliography an ideal jumping-off point for further research. VERDICT Useful to high schoolers for reports and projects and of interest to adults for general reading.

• Preface,Introduction,EntriesAdvertising, Animals in,Advocacy,Agency,Animal Assisted Activities,Animal Assisted Therapy,Animal Cultures,Animal Geography,Animal Law,Animal Liberation Front (ALF),Animals,Anthropomorphism,Aquaculture,Aquariums,Art, Animals in,Bees,Bestiality,Biodiversity,Biogeography,Biotechnology,Black Market Animal Trade,Bluefin Tuna,Body Modification,Bovine Growth Hormone,Breed Specific Legislation,Bullfighting,Bushmeat,Canadian Seal Hunt,Canned Hunting,Cats,Chimpanzees,Circuses,Climate Change,Cockroaches,Communication and Language,Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO),Coral Reefs,Cruelty,Deforestation,Designer Breeds,Dissection,Dogs,Dolphins,Domestication,Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty,Earthworms,Eastern Religions, Animals in,Ecotourism,Elephants,Emotions, Animal,Empathy,Endangered Species,Ethics,Ethology,Evolution,Exotic Pets,Extinction,Factory Farming,Feral Animals,Fighting for Human Entertainment,Fisheries,Fishing,Flagship Species,Fox Hunting,Fur/Fur Farming,Geography,Great Apes,Greyhound Racing,Habitat Loss,Hoarding, Animal,Horse Racing,Horses,Human-Animal Bond,Human-Animal Studies,Humane Education,Humane Farming,Humans,Human-Wildlife Conflict,Hunting,Husbandry,Hybrid,Indicator Species,Indigenous Religions, Animals in,Indigenous Rights,Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs),Intelligence,Invasive Species,Ivory Trade,Keystone Species,Literature, Animals in,Livestock,Mad Cow Disease,Marine Mammal Parks,Meat Eating,Meat Packing,Microbes,Military Use of Animals,Mosquitoes,Multispecies Ethnography,Non-Food Animal Products,Northern Spotted Owl,Nuisance Species,OncoMouse,Pastoralism,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),Personhood,Pets,Pit Bulls,Poaching,Polar Bears,Popular Media, Animals in,Puppy Mills,Race and Animals,Research and Experimentation,Rights,Sentience,Service Animals,Sharks,Shelters and Sanctuaries,Slaughter,Social Construction,Spay and Neuter,Species,Speciesism,Stereotypic Behavior,Taxidermy,Taxonomy,Tigers,Tracking,Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),Trophy Hunting,Veganism,Vegetarianism,Veterinary Medicine,Vivisection,Welfare,Western Religions, Animals in,Whaling,Wildlife,Wildlife Forensics,Wildlife Management,Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue,Wolves,Working Animals,World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE),Xenotransplantation,Zoogeomorphology,Zoology,Zoonotic Diseases,Zoophilia,Zoos,Primary Documents1. Animal Damage Control Act (1931),2. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (2006),3. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (1975),4. Animal Welfare Act (1966, with amendments through 2014),5. The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (2012),6. The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan (1983),7. Commission of Patents v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (2002),8. Convention on Biological Diversity (1992),9. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (1975),10. U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) (1973),11. The Five Freedoms (1979),12. Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (1978),13. The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) (1946),14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List Categories and Criteria (2001),15. Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes (2005),16. Livestock's Long Shadow—Report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2006),17. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859),18. U.S. Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (2006),19. The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams (1990),20. Treaty of Amsterdam (1997),Glossary,Selected Bibliography,About the Contributors,Index,

Julie Urbanik, PhD, is an independent scholar, creative geographer, and cofounder of the animal geography specialty group of the Association of American Geographers.Connie L. Johnston, PhD, is an adjunct professor with the DePaul University Department of Geography.

The 'Primary Documents' section includes international laws, books, and documents on the legal and moral treatment of animals and provides a fascinating and comprehensive look into the work being done in the area of animal rights. The inclusion of background material on laws and ethics offers more depth, and readers will find the extensive bibliography an ideal jumping-off point for further research. VERDICT Useful to high schoolers for reports and projects and of interest to adults for general reading.

• Preface,Introduction,EntriesAdvertising, Animals in,Advocacy,Agency,Animal Assisted Activities,Animal Assisted Therapy,Animal Cultures,Animal Geography,Animal Law,Animal Liberation Front (ALF),Animals,Anthropomorphism,Aquaculture,Aquariums,Art, Animals in,Bees,Bestiality,Biodiversity,Biogeography,Biotechnology,Black Market Animal Trade,Bluefin Tuna,Body Modification,Bovine Growth Hormone,Breed Specific Legislation,Bullfighting,Bushmeat,Canadian Seal Hunt,Canned Hunting,Cats,Chimpanzees,Circuses,Climate Change,Cockroaches,Communication and Language,Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO),Coral Reefs,Cruelty,Deforestation,Designer Breeds,Dissection,Dogs,Dolphins,Domestication,Domestic Violence and Animal Cruelty,Earthworms,Eastern Religions, Animals in,Ecotourism,Elephants,Emotions, Animal,Empathy,Endangered Species,Ethics,Ethology,Evolution,Exotic Pets,Extinction,Factory Farming,Feral Animals,Fighting for Human Entertainment,Fisheries,Fishing,Flagship Species,Fox Hunting,Fur/Fur Farming,Geography,Great Apes,Greyhound Racing,Habitat Loss,Hoarding, Animal,Horse Racing,Horses,Human-Animal Bond,Human-Animal Studies,Humane Education,Humane Farming,Humans,Human-Wildlife Conflict,Hunting,Husbandry,Hybrid,Indicator Species,Indigenous Religions, Animals in,Indigenous Rights,Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees (IACUCs),Intelligence,Invasive Species,Ivory Trade,Keystone Species,Literature, Animals in,Livestock,Mad Cow Disease,Marine Mammal Parks,Meat Eating,Meat Packing,Microbes,Military Use of Animals,Mosquitoes,Multispecies Ethnography,Non-Food Animal Products,Northern Spotted Owl,Nuisance Species,OncoMouse,Pastoralism,People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),Personhood,Pets,Pit Bulls,Poaching,Polar Bears,Popular Media, Animals in,Puppy Mills,Race and Animals,Research and Experimentation,Rights,Sentience,Service Animals,Sharks,Shelters and Sanctuaries,Slaughter,Social Construction,Spay and Neuter,Species,Speciesism,Stereotypic Behavior,Taxidermy,Taxonomy,Tigers,Tracking,Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM),Trophy Hunting,Veganism,Vegetarianism,Veterinary Medicine,Vivisection,Welfare,Western Religions, Animals in,Whaling,Wildlife,Wildlife Forensics,Wildlife Management,Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue,Wolves,Working Animals,World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE),Xenotransplantation,Zoogeomorphology,Zoology,Zoonotic Diseases,Zoophilia,Zoos,Primary Documents1. Animal Damage Control Act (1931),2. Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (2006),3. Animal Liberation by Peter Singer (1975),4. Animal Welfare Act (1966, with amendments through 2014),5. The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (2012),6. The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan (1983),7. Commission of Patents v. President and Fellows of Harvard College (2002),8. Convention on Biological Diversity (1992),9. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) (1975),10. U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) (1973),11. The Five Freedoms (1979),12. Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (1978),13. The International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) (1946),14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature Red List Categories and Criteria (2001),15. Kinshasa Declaration on Great Apes (2005),16. Livestock's Long Shadow—Report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2006),17. On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (1859),18. U.S. Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (2006),19. The Sexual Politics of Meat by Carol Adams (1990),20. Treaty of Amsterdam (1997),Glossary,Selected Bibliography,About the Contributors,Index,