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Overview
Supply your library with the best collection of resources on animal issues!
Animals are the Issue: Library Resources on Animal Issues is a guide to books, journals, and Web sites on historic and modern animal treatment. Expert librarians and scholars provide helpful resources showing what ideals and practical solutions exist in animal rights and welfare debates. With this book, students, philosophers, and politicians can find the best of written and electronic resources about the protection and ethical use of animals by humankind.
Animals are the Issue stands alone as a source for locating materials on animal protection and welfare. This valuable guide will help librarians save time and money in locating diverse areas of information regarding animal consumption and exploitation. The authors have noted what they consider to be the most essential resources for library collections.
This book offers references that discuss the utilization of animals by humans:
- as companions
- in sports and entertainment
- in religion
- in science and education
- in industry
- in hunting
Synopsis
The 11 contributions in this collection cite resources for learning more about animal welfare issues. Brief abstracts describe the content and style of journals articles, books, and web sites on bonds with pets, vegetarianism, biodiversity, endangered species, animal rights, hunting, and the use of animals in entertainment, religion, science, and industry. Published simultaneously as The reference librarian, no. 86. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR