The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights

With more than two million members and supporters, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is the world's largest animal-rights organization, and its founder and president, Ingrid Newkirk, is one of the most well-known and most effective activists in America. She has spearheaded worldwide efforts to improve the treatment of animals in manufacturing, entertainment, and elsewhere.Every day, in laboratories, food factories, and other industries, animals by the millions are subjected to inhumane cruelty. In this accessible guide, Newkirk teaches readers hundreds of simple ways to stop thoughtless animal cruelty and make positive choices.For each topic, Newkirk provides hard facts, personal insight, inspiration, ideas, and resources, including: How to eat healthfully and compassionately How to adopt animals rather than support puppy mills How to make their vote count and change public opinion How to switch to cruelty-free cosmetics and clothing How to choose amusements that protect rather than exploit animals.With public concern for the well-being of animals greater than everparticularly among young peoplethis timely, practical book offers exciting and easy ways to make a difference.

INGRID NEWKIRK has appeared on many national television radio shows, including The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Nightline, and 20/20, among others; she was the subject of the HBO special, I Am an Animal.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Foreword by Bill Maher	p. xiii
PETA: How It All Began	p. xv
Author's Note: Join the Army of the Kind	p. xxi
The Issues
Not "What" but Who Are Animals?	p. 3
What You Can Do: Respect Animals	p. 17
How Animals End Up as Dinner	p. 22
What You Can Do: Help Animals Used for Food	p. 57
Those Incredibly Amusing Animals	p. 90
What You Can Do: Animals in Entertainments	p. 118
Blood Sports: Hunting and Fishing	p. 132
What You Can Do: Hunting and Fishing	p. 144
Cute "Pet" or Complex Individual and Friend for Life?	p. 152
What You Can Do: Companion Animals	p. 174
What's Really Going on in Laboratories	p. 202
What You Can Do: Help Get Animals Out of Laboratories	p. 229
Fur, Feathers, Baubles, Bits, and Bones...	p. 245
What You Can Do: Make Your Closet Cruelty-Free	p. 260
Dissection Must Go	p. 274
What You Can Do: Stop Dissection in Your School Science Labs	p. 283
Dealing Ethically with "Pests"	p. 288
What You Can Do: Wildlife	p. 299
Choosing a Health Charity	p. 307
What You Can Do: Ask Questions Before You Donate	p. 310
Resources
Health Charities	p. 313
Recommended Books and Videos	p. 405
Organizations That Promote Animal Welfare	p. 416
Helpful Businesses	p. 430
Companies That Do Not Use Animals to Test Their Companion-Animal Food	p. 436
How to Make Cruelty-Free Products at Home	p. 443
Contacting the Media and the Government	p. 446
Index	p. 453
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