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Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The extraordinary story of one man who has driven more than 1 million miles to rescue thousands of dogs from hunger, abuse and neglect and give them a second chance at life and love. For years, Greg Mahle struggled to keep the last of his family-run restaurants afloat in Ohio. When it finally closed, he was broke and unsure what to do next. Then a stranded van-load of puppies changed his life forever. Join journalist Peter Zheutlin as he travels with...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram atkittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable -- and adorable -- feline population: newborn kittens.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
Author
Publisher
Ecco Book/Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Exposes the realities of today's "factory farms" and product-testing procedures and offers alternatives to what has become a profound environmental and social as well as moral issue. An appeal to conscience, fairness, decency, and justice.
6) Lost & found
Author
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A revolutionary new theory and call to action on animal rights, ethics, and law from the renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum.Animals are in trouble all over the world. Whether through the cruelties of the factory meat industry, poaching and game hunting, habitat destruction, or neglect of the companion animals that people purport to love, animals suffer injustice and horrors at our hands every day. The world needs an ethical awakening, a consciousness-raising...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove decided that SeaWorld's wildly popular programs...
10) The dig
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jones's sense of place is acute, and his passion for the landscape-for its colors, its creatures, its textures, its scents-is absolutely magnetic."-Sarah Waters "A dark, tense, and vital short novel. Profound, powerful, and utterly absorbing."-The Guardian" It is a book about the essentials: life and death, cruelty and compassion. It is a book that will get in your bones, and haunt you."-Daily Telegraph" Cynan Jones's fourth novel, The Dig, is an...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A survey of the animal rights movement, covering a spectrum of issues. Waldau looks at the different concerns surrounding companion animals, wild animals, research animals, work animals, and animals used for food, while addressing the philosophical and legal arguments that form the basis of animal rights.
12) City chickens
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Just outside of downtown Minneapolis, follow the sounds of crowing and clucking and you will find Mary Britton Clouses Chicken Run Rescue. Over the years, Mary and her husband have given hundreds of homeless birds a safe place to rest until they can be adopted by caring families. Each chicken has a story to share, and the debut author Christine Heppermann (who adopted her own chicken) has crafted a spare, moving, and at times humorous text that will...
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 2
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When she confronts a screaming raccoon that may or may not be a ghost, animal control officer Francine Poulet questions her abilities.
14) Animalkind: remarkable discoveries about animals and revolutionary new ways to show them compassion
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From the co-founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone comes Animalkind, a book that offers both a tour of the wonderful world of animals and a guide to simple ways in which we can reduce the harm we cause them in our everyday lives"--
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"Introducing three-to-five-year-olds to the "ABCs" of a vegan lifestyle, V Is for Vegan is a must-have for vegan and vegetarian parents! Acclaimed author and artist Ruby Roth (That's Why We Don't Eat Animals, Vegan Is Love) brings her characteristic insight, compassion, and good humor to a younger audience, presenting the often-controversial and challenging subjects of animal rights and the vegan diet in an easy-to-understand and teachable format....
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
In this masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies, the author investigates our connection with deer, from mythology to biology, offering a unique and intimate perfective on a very human relationship while inviting us to contemplate the paradoxes of how we interact with and shape the natural world.
20) Animal rescue
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In this new five-minute collection, kids will read twelve heart-warming true stories about animals that have been rescued from tough situations. The stories range from handicapped pets given a loving home to exotic wild animals rescued by caring humans with some help from special wildlife sanctuaries. Perfect as an introduction to nonfiction, young readers will learn simple facts about animals and their behaviors."--
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