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The Bond (2011) (edit title/settings)

Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them

by Wayne Pacelle (Author) (edit contributors)

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A fascinating exploration of humanity's eternal bond with animals, and an urgent call to answer the needs of millions of at-risk creatures

A landmark work, The Bond is the passionate, insightful, and comprehensive examination of our special connection to all creatures, written by one of... read more

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Pacelle begins by exploring the biological and historical underpinnings of the human-animal bond and reveals our newfound understanding of animals, including their remarkable emotional and cognitive capacities. In the book's second section, Pacelle shows how the bond has been disastrously... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Pacelle begins by exploring the biological and historical underpinnings of the human-animal bond and reveals our newfound understanding of animals, including their remarkable emotional and cognitive capacities. In the book's second section, Pacelle shows how the bond has been disastrously broken. He takes readers to a slaughter plant shuttered for inhumane practices, as well as the enormous egg factory farms of California. We visit Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas to speak with NFL star Michael Vick, then serving his sentence for dogfighting. Pacelle paints a portrait of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and highlights the heroic actions of residents and volunteers to reunite pets with their owners. Pacelle's narrative also leads the reader to remote locations in which conflicts over the killing of wildlife continue to play out—from the fields outside of Yellowstone National Park where bison are slaughtered with the encouragement of federal authorities, to the ice floes of Atlantic Canada where seal nurseries turn into killing fields.

In its final section, The Bond takes on the arguments of opponents and critics of animal protection and spotlights the groups and industries standing in the way of progress—from the National Rifle Association and agribusiness organizations like the American Farm Bureau, to surprising adversaries like the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Kennel Club. Ultimately, Pacelle points the way to a new, humane economy—one not built on extraction, suffering, and killing, but on the celebration, stewardship, and care of animals.

An eye-opening must-read, The Bond reminds us that animals are at the center of our lives, they are not just a backdrop. How we treat them is one of the great themes of the human story.

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I'll never forget an encounter I witnessed, as a teenage, between my mother and a mouse.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Preface
Introduction: Sanctuary
Part I: A Special Bond
1. The Ties That Bond
2. The Mismeasure of Animals

Part II: The Betrayal of the Bond
3. A Message From Hallmark: Exposing Factory Farming
4. A Culture of Cruelty: Animal Fighting in America
5. For the Love of Pets
6. The Cull of the Wild

Part III: Building a Humane World
7. Cruelty and Its Defenders
8. The Humane Economy
Appendix: Fifty Ways to Help Animals
Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

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  1. Wayne Pacelle (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: William Morrow
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 5, 2011
ISBN: 978-0061969782
Page Count: 423

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  • Library of Congress: QL85 P33 2011
  • Dewey: 179.3

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Reading Level: Adults

a good read for any animal lover

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