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Index
Cover
Title Page
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I
One
The Biochemistry of the Bond
Pet Keeping Through the Ages
Domesticated Animals
Animal Sacrifice
Animal Welfare and the “Great Republic of the Future”
Self-Evident Truths
Two
Thinking and Feeling
Denying Animal Intelligence
Signs of Change
Lifesaving Dolphins and Dogs, Altruistic Elephants, and Other Remarkable Animals
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Part II
Three
The Slaughterhouse Next Door
The Hypocrisy of “Happy Cows”
Endless Denials
“The New Agriculture”
“Meat Science”
Stirring the Silent Majority
Four
Bad Newz on Moonlight Road
Michael Vick and the Contradiction of Cruelty
Blood Sport Through the Ages
“The Feathered Warrior”
“I Won’t Disappoint You”
Five
Katrina and the Human-Animal Bond
The Animals in Our Lives
In the Name of Mercy
Factory Farms for Dogs
The AKC and “the Maintenance of Purity”
Nothing Fancy
Six
Unfaithful Stewards
Killing and Longing
The Era of Rational Slaughter
“Let’s Kill Them All”
“Garbaging for Bears”
The Face of Innocence and the Shame of Canada
Part III
Seven
The Moral Scale and Humane Living
Rhetorical Camouflage
Collateral Damage and the NRA
“The Agro-Industrial Complex”
“The Rising Plague” and the Veterinary Oath
Eight
“Creative Destruction” and Living Capital
Wild Neighbors
Chemistry and Compassion
Twenty-First-Century Science
Innovation and the Spark of Life
Appendix: Fifty Ways to Help Animals
Notes
Searchable Terms
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
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