Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword: Extending Justice and Compassion -- Introduction: Other Eyes and Other Worlds -- Section 1. Histories and Global Perspectives -- Introduction -- Histories of Organized Animal Protection -- Animal protection in Britain -- The emergence of animal protection in Russia -- European animal protection -- The humane movement in Canada -- Societies against cruelty in the United States -- Vegetarianism in Britain and America -- Perspectives from around the Globe -- Animal issues in Australia -- Animal protection in Africa -- Animals in Asia -- Animals in Chinese culture -- Animals in the Middle East -- Challenges to animal protection in Scandinavia -- Japanese attitudes toward animals -- South American perspectives on animals -- The treatment of animals in India -- Section 2. Aquatic and Marine Life -- Introduction -- Acoustic impacts on marine life -- Cephalopods and decapod crustaceans -- Commercial whaling -- Intelligence in whales and dolphins -- The pinnipeds -- The rehabilitation of dolphins -- Sea fishes and commercial fishing -- Sea turtles in the Mediterranean -- Shark conservation -- Stranded marine mammals -- Understanding amphibians -- West Indian manatees -- Section 3. Free-Living Animals -- Introduction -- Animals in Captivity -- Captive chimpanzees -- The ethics of zoos -- Marine mammals in captivity -- Roadside zoos and menageries -- The scientific claims of zoos -- Preservation and Killing -- Animal protection and environmentalism -- Conservation philosophy -- De-snaring in Kenya -- The ethics of killing free-living animals -- The ethics of reintroduction -- Immunocontraception -- Preserving animals in Madagascar -- Sanctuaries and rehabilitation -- Snares and snaring -- Focus on Species Worldwide -- The big cats -- Coexisting with coyotes -- Facts about bears.

Free-living chimpanzees -- Free-ranging horses -- The future of free-roaming orangutans -- Koalas and their protection -- Moon bears and bear bile farming -- Perceptions of elephants -- The persecution of badgers -- Primates worldwide -- The protection of birds -- The slaughter of kangaroos -- Threats to the brown hare -- Understanding beavers -- The welfare of mute swans -- Trade -- CITES and international trade -- The fur trade -- Live animal exports -- The trade in primates for research -- The trade in reptiles -- The World Trade Organization -- Section 4. Companion Animals -- Introduction -- Caring for Individual Species -- Cats -- Dogs -- Gerbils -- Guinea pigs -- Hamsters -- Horses -- Rabbits -- Responsible Care -- Children's relations with animals -- The concept of guardianship -- Disaster planning -- Enhancing a dog's environment -- Kennels and catteries -- A lifelong responsibility -- Microchipping -- Shelters and sanctuaries -- Teaching animals humanely -- Understanding companion animals -- Health, Loss, and Bereavement -- Animal burials -- Euthanasia -- The experience of loss -- First aid -- Holistic health care -- Homeopathy -- Insurance -- Neutering and spaying -- Issues of Concern -- Canine profiling -- Cosmetic surgery -- Dogs as food -- The ethics of commercialization -- Feral cats -- Pound seizure -- Puppy mills -- Selective breeding -- Stray animals -- Section 5. Areas of Worldwide Concern -- Introduction -- Animals in Farming -- Animal welfare and farming -- Birds used in food production -- Fish farming -- Fur farming -- Horse slaughter -- Pig castration -- The production of foie gras -- Religious slaughter -- Slaughter -- The welfare of cows -- The welfare of pigs -- The welfare of sheep -- Animals in Research -- The alternatives -- Animals used in research -- Cloning animals -- The ethics of testing -- Freedom of information.

Military experiments -- Patenting animals -- Product testing -- Stem cell research -- Toxicity testing -- Transgenic animals -- Xenotransplantation -- Animals in Sport and Entertainment -- Angling for sport -- Animals in circuses -- Animals in film -- Blood fiestas -- Bull fighting -- Canned hunts -- Cock fighting -- Deer hunting -- Dog fighting -- Greyhound racing -- Hunting with dogs -- Hunting with ferrets -- Jumps racing -- Live pigeon shoots -- Live quail shoots -- Pigeon racing -- Rodeos -- Section 6. Changing Perspectives -- Introduction -- Changing Ethical Sensitivity -- Animal and human violence -- The feminist ethic of care -- Moral anthropocentrism -- The moral claims of animals -- The moral community -- Changing Legal Attitudes -- Developments in animal law -- Legal challenges to experiments in the United Kingdom -- Legal protection of animals in China -- The legal rights of great apes -- Legislation in the European Union -- Progress in animal welfare -- Changing Religious Perspectives -- Animal-friendly spirituality -- Animal sacrifice -- Animals in the Bible -- Animals in Jainism -- Buddhist attitudes -- The Buddhist case for vegetarianism -- Catholic teaching -- Confucianism and Daoism -- Hinduism and animals -- Islam and animals -- Judaism and animal life -- Changing Scientific Attitudes -- Animal agriculture and climate change -- Animal pain -- Animals and public health -- The complexity of animal awareness -- Humane research -- Veterinary ethics -- Declarations for Animals -- The declaration of the rights of cetaceans -- The universal charter of the rights of other species -- Universal declaration on animal welfare -- Section 7. Animal-Friendly Living -- Introduction -- Action for Animals -- Alternatives to dissection -- Animal advocacy -- Animal courses in academia -- Animals and the major media -- Animals in politics.

Reporting cruelty in the United Kingdom -- Reporting cruelty in the United States -- Compassionate Lifestyle -- Caring for animals and humans -- Caring shopping -- Cruelty-free labeling -- Ethical finance -- Humane education -- Living with animal neighbors -- Vegetarian Living -- Ethical vegetarianism -- Meatout -- Plant-based nutrition -- Vegan living -- Veganic gardening -- Vegetarian cooking -- About the Editor and the Contributors -- Index.