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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Wesley J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal rights.

Human-animal relationships.

Animal welfare.

Physical Description:

xiii, 312 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Encounter Books, [2010]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781594033469

1594033463

OCLC:

349251086