ASAP Nova Scotia

Abolishing the Status of Animals as Property

Copyright © ASAP Nova Scotia 2007

► Recommended Reading

In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave (Peter Singer, editor). Blackwell 2006. A collection of essays. Philosophers examine the basis for animal protection, and activists look at specific issues, such as factory farming and vivisection, and also at different ways of pursuing our goals.

The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. 2006 (Peter Singer and Jim Mason) This book provides thorough information on modern farming and fishing practices, and information on what is behind various labels. All presented in an entertaining manner.

Vegan: The new Ethics of Eating (Erik Marcus) 1997.  This is an easy to read look into health, ethical, and environmental advantages of veganism. 

Sacred Cows and Golden Geese: The Human Cost of Experiments on Animals (Ray Greek MD and Jean Swingle Greek DVM) Continuum Pub Group 2000. The Greeks argue beautifully against vivisection on the grounds of bad science—the harm to humans that comes from investing in animal experimentation.

Slaughterhouse (Gail E. Eisnitz) Prometheus Books 1997. Ex-slaughterhouse workers, among others, blow the whistle and give gruesome accounts of their work. This book has been the basis for a good chunk of the major media coverage given in the last couple of years to slaughterhouse violations. It is sickening, but very compelling and important.

Don’t Drink Your Milk (Frank A. Oski) New York, Teach Services Inc. 1996 Director of the Department of Pediatrics, John Hopkins University of Medicine, explodes the milk myth.

Animal Liberation (Peter Singer) Thorsons, London 1975, Third Edition 2002. Often called “The Bible of the Modern Animal Rights Movement”, Though Singer doesn’t actually argue for rights. For many leaders of the animal protection movement, this was a life-changing book.

You Can Save the Animals (Ingrid Newkirk) California, Prima Publishing 1999. The head of PETA has written this thoughtful look at animal suffering and what we can do to help.  Foreword by Bill Maher of “Politically Incorrect”.

10-Oct-07