Books in the Animals Culture And Society series

Those who support animal testing are routinely dismissed as mad scientists, emotionless logicians, or sadists with little regard for nonhuman creatures, while animal protection activists are dismissed as hysterics, antisocial radicals, or simple folk who prize rabbits and rats over human beings. This book looks at the arguments.

How veterinarians and pet owners manage companion animal euthanasia

When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. This title is his account of how his search ended with Smokie, a guide dog, and a dramatically different sense of blindness.

Leaping waterfalls, struggling through rocky shallows, only the strongest salmon survive to spawn a new generation. These remarkable fish seem to be pure nature, unfathomable, all instinct. But are they? This title shows how political, bureaucratic, and economic forces have directed salmon science for their own purposes.

Includes tales such as: The Springfield Fox by Ernest Thompson Seton, The Sounding of the Call by Jack, London Stickeen by John Muir, and Journey to the Sea by Rachel Carson.

Everyone who cares about them believes that dogs and cats have a sense of self that renders them unique. Traditional science and philosophy declare such notions about our pets to be irrational and anthropomorphic. This book challenges these entrenched views by demonstrating that our experience of animals and their behavior tells a different story.

How humans think and feel about their work handling food animals

Examines the literature of behavioral science, revealing how works with the common aim of documenting animal lives, habits, and instincts describe realities that are world's apart '. This title explains the Cartesian verdict of an unbridgeable chasm between animals and humans and the Darwinian panorama of evolutionary continuity.

Understanding cats as social animals