Introduction: Sanctuary
Part I: A Special Bond
One: The Ties that Bond
Domesticated Animals: “Bonded to the House”
Animal Sacrifice: “The Perfect Gift”
Two: The Mismeasure of Animals
Thinking and Feeling: Shared Capacities
Part II: The Betrayal of the Bond
Three: A Message from Hallmark: Exposing Factory Farming
The Slaughterhouse Next Door: Inside a California Meat Plant
Endless Denials: The Challenge of Reform
“The New Agriculture”: The Ways of Industrial Farming
“Meat Science”: Turkeys Who Can’t Walk, Pigs Who Can’t Move, and Other Victims of Agribusiness
Four: A Culture of Cruelty: Animal Fighting in America
Bad Newz on Moonlight Road: Dogfighting Comes Out of the Shadows
Five: For the Love of Pets
In the Name of Mercy: Animal Shelters and the Problem of Euthanasia
Factory Farms for Dogs: The Tragedy of Puppy Mills
Nothing Fancy: The Costs of Reckless Breeding
Six: The Cull of the Wild
Unfaithful Stewards: Betraying Yellowstone’s Bison
Killing and Longing: The Lessons of TR
“Let’s Kill Them All”: The Attack on Alaska’s Wolves
“Garbaging for Bears”: Commercial Hunting and Contemptible Conduct
Part III: Building a Humane World
Seven: Cruelty and Its Defenders
Rhetorical Camouflage: Debating Opponents of Animal Protection
“The Agro-Industrial Complex”: Harvesting Subsidies
Eight: The Humane Economy