Why Animals Matter

"A tough but fair-minded revelation of how mass production of animals for food and other purposes results in cruelty that usually remains hidden from sight."
- Publishers Weekly


"...will make your jaw drop..."
- AlterNet


Why Animals Matter: The Case for Animal Protection offers a concise yet complete overview of the problems of animal suffering. Authors Erin E. Williams and Margo DeMello examine industries that exploit animals—factory farms, experimentation, entertainment, the pet industry, fur, and sport hunting. The authors consider the environmental and social justice effects of animal exploitation.

Highly informative yet reader-friendly, this book also includes positive, inspiring stories of rescued animals.

Upcoming book tour events:

May 24, 2009—presentation for American Vegan Society

56 Dinshah Lane, Malaga, NJ

September 19, 2009—presentation at New York Capital Region Vegetarian Expo

Saratoga Springs City Center, Saratoga Springs

www.nyvegetarianexpo.org


Check out a few reviews and interviews:

 
KBOO-FM
American Dog

AlterNet

Mother Jones

Planetsave
Encyclopedia Brittanica
Striking at the Roots
Greenbelt News-Review
(page 12)

The Environmental Blog

Contra Costa Times
ThinkingShift

Animal Literature

Animal Concerns of Texas Radio

The Greater Voice
Freeman Wicklund’s blog on Mercy for Animals book-signings.

Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary blog on book-signing and sanctuary benefit.


Previous book tour events:

February 3, 2009—presentation for Northwest VEG, Portland, OR.
February 2, 2009—presentation for Eugene Veg Education Network
, Eugene, OR.

November 17, 2008—presentation at University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
November 15, 2008—book-signing for
Green Mountain Animal Defenders, Burlington, VT.
July 7, 2008—book-signing for
Compassion Over Killing and Humane League of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.
July 19, 2008—book-signing at Taking Action for Animals, Arlington, VA.
September 12, 2008—book-signing for the
Vegetarian Club of Canton.
October 6, 2008—book-signing for the San Francisco Vegetarian Society.
May 31, 2008—book-signing at Animal Place, Vacaville, CA.
May 5, 2008—presentation and free dinner for
Compassion Over Killing, Greenbelt, MD.
February 16, 2008—book-signing for the
Vegetarian Society of El Paso.
November 1, 2007—book-signing for
Mercy For Animals, Cleveland, OH.
October 31, 2007—book-signing for
Mercy For Animals, Columbus, OH.
October 30, 2007—book-signing for
Mercy For Animals, Dayton, OH.
October 20, 2007—
presentation at the Boston Vegetarian Food Festival.
October 13, 2007—book-signing at the
Big Bad Woof, Washington, DC.
October 7, 2007—book release party at
Harvest Home Animal Sanctuary, Stockton, CA.
September 23, 2007—book-signing at
Woofstock, Harrisburg, PA.