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Animal Rights by Hilda Kean, Book BST - A Distressing Product, Report
The Hundred Year History of the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV), Book
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS), Journal
Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse:
Linking the Circles of Compassion for Prevention and Intervention
Frank R. Ascione, Ph.D., and Phil Arkow, Editors
Book, 498 pages
Evidence is mounting that animal abuse is frequently embedded in families
scarred by domestic violence and child maltreatment, and often
predicts the potential for other violent acts. This landmark book is a
compilation of 45 original essays by 51 noted authorities who argue
compellingly that violence prevention programs are enhanced by
including animal protection personnel and by recognizing animal maltreatment
as a human welfare issue. It includes original research, strategic
interventions, and dramatic tales from survivors of multiple forms of family
violence. Topics include the "battered pet syndrome";
animal abuse as a sentinel indicator of sociopathic behavior; and the
role of veterinary medicine in family violence. Seven chapters describe
animal-based interventions for at-risk children. Four chapters describe
community coalitions against violence that include animal protection
personnel. The book is an historic step in helping professionals from
the three fields recognize their interconnectedness and in encouraging
cross-disciplinary training, prevention, and intervention.
Price: $24.95 US
ISBN 1-55753-143-9
Published by: Purdue University Press,
libpup@omni.cc.purdue.edu
Animal Rights
Hilda Kean
Book, 272 pages
Hilda Kean is a tutor in history at Ruskin College in Oxford, UK. She looks at
the political, cultural and social history of animal rights activism from 1800
to the present. She shows how concern with animal rights was closely aligned
with campaigns for social and political reform - by anti-vaccinationists,
suffragettes, socialists and pacifists.
Price: £ 19.95, US$29.00
(WAN UK members can receive a special discounted price of £16.00 post free)
ISBN 1-86189-014-1
Published by: Reaktion Books Ltd,
reaktionbooks@compuserve.com
BST - A Distressing Product
Joyce D'Silva, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF)
Report, 18 pages
This report analyses the health and welfare problems of dairy cows injected
with bovine somatotropin (BST), a genetically engineered cow growth hormone
designed to increase milk yields. It reveals that not onlky are cows on BST
more likley to get mastitis, but their whole digestive system may be at risk
from this hormone.
ISBN 1-900156 10 5
For details please contact:
CIWF,Charles House,5a Charles Street
Petersfield,Hants GU32 3EH, United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (1730) 264208,Fax: + 44 (1730) 260791
e-mail: compassion@ciwf.co.uk
Campaigning Against Cruelty: The Hundred Year History of the British Union for
the Abolition of Vivisection (BUAV)
Emma Hopley
Book
This book traces the growth of the BUAV from one woman's inspiration 100 ago,
into one of Europe's foremost animal protection organisations. The development
of organised campaigning tactics over the past century is charted - from the
brave 19th century anti-vivisection pioneers to the multi0media advertising
campaigns and undercover investigations of the 1980s and 1990s.
Price £9.99 (excluding postage and packing)
ISBN 1 870 356 160
Available from the BUAV and other selected outlets:
BUAV, 16A Crane Grove,London N7 8LB, United Kingdom
Tel: + 44 (171) 700 4888, Fax: + 44 (171) 700 0252
e-mail: info@buav.org
Animal Models of Human Psychology - Critique of Science, Ethics and Policy
Kenneth Joel Shapiro, PhD
Book, 328 pages, hardcover
This book presents the first empirically based system of analysis to determine
the answer to the much-debated question - "when is animal research necessity
and when is it cruelty." Taking psychological eating disorders as a case
study, Shapiro examines the costs and benefits associated with using non-human
animals to study human phenomena. This intelligent and carefully argued study
challenges the claim that animal models provide useful results.
Price US$39.50/ DM69.00/ £25.00
ISBN 0-88937-189-X
Published by: Hogrefe and Huber
e-mail: hhpub@hhpub.com
The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science (JAAWS)
Journal
JAAWS will be published four times per year. It contains original empirical
research on areas of particular importance within animal welfare science, peer
commentaries presenting a variety of viewpoints, book reviews, summaries of
meeting proceedings and resource information. Topics included in the first
issue included: "Destructible toys as enrichment for captive chimpanzees,"
"Unrelieved pain and distress in animals: An analysis of USDA data on
experimental procedures," and "Abnormal behaviour in caged birds kept as
pets".
To order, e-mail: orders@erlbaum.com
From USA & Canada call:1-800-9-BOOKS-9
