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Charles W. Patterson (born August 7, 1935) is an American author, historian, and animal rights advocate, best known for his books, Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust, Anti-Semitism: The Road to the Holocaust and Beyond, Animal Rights, The Civil Rights Movement, and Marian Anderson.
The Lives of Animals (1999) is a metafictional novella about animal rights by the South African novelist J. M. Coetzee, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature. [1] The work is introduced by Amy Gutmann and followed by a collection of responses by Marjorie Garber , Peter Singer , Wendy Doniger and Barbara Smuts . [ 2 ]
Although vegetarianism does not necessarily imply animal advocacy, a 1992 market research study conducted by the Yankelovich research organization concluded that "of the 12.4 million people [in the US] who call themselves vegetarian, 68% are female, while only 32% are male". [5]
The Doris Day Animal League, established in 1987 by the actress Doris Day, is a 501(c)(4) organization that focuses the spaying and neutering of companion animals and the development of national, state and local legislation that will minimize the inhumane treatment of animals. The League launched its annual observance of Spay Day USA in 1994 ...
Writing in the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, Bernard Unti calls Black Beauty "the most influential anti-cruelty novel of all time". [23] Comparisons have also been made between Black Beauty and the most important social protest novel in the United States, Uncle Tom's Cabin , by Harriet Beecher Stowe, on account of the strong ...
Humane education performance by elementary school students in China. Humane education is broadly defined as education that nurtures compassion and respect for living beings [1] [2] In addition to focusing on the humane treatment of non-human animals, humane education also increasingly contains content related to the environment, the compassionate treatment of other people, and the ...
The use of animals in the circus has been controversial since animal welfare groups have documented instances of animal cruelty during the training of performing animals. Animal abuse in circuses has been documented such as keeping them in small enclosures, lack of veterinary care, abusive training methods, and lack of oversight by regulating ...
Opposition to animal acts in circuses, anti-trophy hunting, anti-animal testing 1985 English [29] [30] "Cruelty to Animals" Frenzal Rhomb: Forever Malcolm Young: Cruelty to animals 2006 English "Death Camps" Cro-Mags: Best Wishes: Vegetarianism 1989 English [25] "Don't Kill The Animals" Nina Hagen and Lene Lovich: 1986 English "Don't Kill the ...