Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (edition 2000)

by Gary L. Francione, Alan Watson (Foreword)

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Two-thirds of Americans polled by the Associated Press agree with the following statement: ""An animal's right to live free of suffering should be just as important as a person's right to live free of suffering."" More than 50 percent of Americans believe that it is wrong to kill animals to make fur coats or to hunt them for sport. But these same Americans eat hamburgers, take their children to circuses and rodeos, and use products developed with animal testing. How do we justify our inconsistency? In this easy-to-read introduction, animal rights advocate Gary Francione looks at… (more)

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Title:	Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog?
Authors:	Gary L. Francione
Other authors:	Alan Watson (Foreword)
Info:	Temple University Press (2000), Paperback, 280 pages
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Two-thirds of Americans polled by the Associated Press agree with the following statement: ""An animal's right to live free of suffering should be just as important as a person's right to live free of suffering."" More than 50 percent of Americans believe that it is wrong to kill animals to make fur coats or to hunt them for sport. But these same Americans eat hamburgers, take their children to circuses and rodeos, and use products developed with animal testing. How do we justify our inconsistency? In this easy-to-read introduction, animal rights advocate Gary Francione looks at

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