Why Animals Matter

What people are saying about Why Animals Matter

“Animal experts Williams (who works for the Humane Society) and DeMello (Stories Rabbits Tell) deliver an excellent look at cruelty to animals on an institutional level in various industries, taking a ‘common sense perspective’ and revealing many disturbing facts that could turn the most ardent meat eater into a hard-core vegetarian ... 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. Photos.”

—Publishers Weekly


“Will make your jaw drop about how vicious humans can be to other animals...jam-packed with literal crimes against nature....Together they have painstakingly assembled statistics, news reports, anecdotes, and observations exposing the sufferings of so many creatures in so many industries -- food, fashion, entertainment, medicine -- as well as hobbies ranging from hunting to ostensibly positive pet-ownership that you recoil from revelation after revelation about Chinese cat-fur coats, say, or 'spent' racehorses that are slaughtered for dogfood.”

—AlterNet


“A well-organized presentation of the animal-welfare argument.”

—Booklist


“This is a thought-provoking look at the way we distance ourselves from the creatures we routinely raise for food. It shows the insensitive attitudes that reduce thinking, feeling animals to nothing more then a product to be used and discarded in whatever way best suits the bottom line.”

—Monsters & Critics


“Rationalization and arguments about history, necessity, and overpopulation don’t stand up to the heavily footnoted studies and points made here ... Why Animals Matter ends with a manifesto for compassion and decency toward all living things, but remains a difficult look at America’s heart of darkness.”

—Bookpage


“Readers will learn from this book that animals do matter and that people who care can help create more success stories.”

—Foreword magazine


“Why Animals Matter offers some home in a world of despair and is a compelling resource that is certain to widen our circle of compassion.”

 

—Mark Hawthorne, VegNews




“The authors do not simply present relevant data; they also enliven and individualize the reader’s understanding by presenting case studies of individual animals rescued from these enterprises. This approach effectively touches the readers’ hearts while educating their minds as to the need for reform in animal use.”

—Bernard E. Rollin, author of Animal Rights and Human Morality and The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain and Science.


“Why Animals Matter isn’t a good book, it's a great book! It’s not only easy to read but also packed with useful and up-to-date information concerning the innumerable ways in which humans selfishly use animals, why animals need to be protected now more than ever, and how we all can play a role in this social movement by making humane choices that are good for animals and our one and only planet. I will recommend it to people worldwide.”

—Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado, Boulder; author of The Ten Trusts (with Jane Goodall) and The Emotional Lives of Animals, and editor of the Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration Of Our Connections with Animals.


“A comprehensive, up-to-date, passionate and above all, compassionate account by two people who are knowledgeable about animals, and even more important, love them. I am happy to recommend this book to the growing number of people who care deeply about animals.”

—Jeffrey Masson, author of The Pig Who Sang to the Moon, and Altruistic Armadillos, Zenlike Zebras.


“Erin Williams and Margo DeMello have written a compact and compelling treatise on how animals suffer in institutional settings and why people of conscience should take note and take action. They have put together an overwhelming case for a new ethic in dealing with animals, and my greatest hope is that it will have a vast readership.”

—Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO, The Humane Society of the United States

 

 

“A truly remarkable achievement. I have never seen so many solid facts and figures, covering such a wide range of topics, integrated so unobtrusively into a readable, smoothly flowing narrative. For years to come, Why Animals Matter will be the indispensable resource for animal protection advocates.”

 

—Norm Phelps, author of The Longest Struggle, The Great Compassion, and The Dominion of Love

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