Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Bernard E. Rollin -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- General introduction : animal ethics : a sketch of how it developed and where it is now -- pt. 1. Theories of animal ethics -- Introduction to part one -- 1. The case for animal rights / Tom Regan -- 2. Reply to Tom Regan / Carl Cohen -- 3. Are human rights human? / Paola Cavalieri -- 4. Practical ethics / Peter Singer -- 5. Feminism and the treatment of animals : from care to dialogue / Josephine Donovan -- 6. Rights, interests, desires and beliefs / R.G. Frey -- 7. Animals and the harm of death / Frederike Kaldewaij -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 2. Animal capacities : pain, emotion, consciousness -- Introduction to part two -- Methods of study -- 8. Consciousness, emotion and animal welfare : insights from cognitive science / M. Mendl, E.S. Paul -- 9. Reflections / Barbara Smuts -- Anthropomorphism -- 10. Anthropomorphism and cross-species modeling / Sandra D. Mitchell -- Consciousness, emotion, and suffering -- 11. A neuropsychological and evolutionary approach to animal consciousness and animal suffering / Bob Bermond -- 12. Animal consciousness : what matters and why / Daniel C. Dennett -- 13. Animal minds and animal emotions / Marian Stamp Dawkins -- 14. New evidence of animal consciousness / Donald R. Griffin, Gayle B. Speck -- 15. Animal pain / Bernard E. Rollin -- 16. How facts matter / Gary Varner -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 3. Primates and cetaceans -- Introduction to part three -- Primates -- 17. Deep ethology, animal rights, and the great ape/animal project : resisting speciesism and expanding the community of equals / Marc Bekoff -- 18. Ape consciousness, human consciousness : a perspective informed by language and culture / Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, William M. Fields, Jared Taglialatela -- 19. Cultures in chimpanzees / A. Whiten, J. Goodall, W.C. McGrew, T. Nishida, V. Reynolds, Y. Sugiyama, C.E.G. Tutin, R.W. Wrangham, C. Boesch -- 20. Are apes persons? The case for primate intersubjectivity / Juan Carlos Gómez -- 21. Problems faced by wild and captive chimpanzees : finding solutions / Jane Goodall -- Cetaceans -- 22. Culture and conservation of non-humans with reference to whales and dolphins : review and new directions / Hal Whitehead, Luke Rendell, Richard W. Osborne, Bernd Würsig -- 23. Into the brains of whales / Mark Peter Simmonds -- 24. Whales as persons / Paola Cavalieri -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 4. Animals for food -- Introduction to part four -- Animals for food -- 25. Meat-eating / David DeGrazia -- 26. Thinking like animals / Temple Grandin -- 27. A major change / Temple Grandin -- 28. Food prices and animal welfare / Michael C. Appleby -- 29. Animal agriculture : myths and facts / Animal Agriculture Alliance -- 30. The least harm principle may require that humans consume a diet containing large herbivores, not a vegan diet / Steven L. Davis -- 31. The ethical imperative to control pain and suffering in farm animals / Bernard E. Rollin -- 32. The basic argument for vegetarianism / James Rachels -- 33. The rape of animals, the butchering of women / Carol J. Adams -- 34. A paradox of ethical vegetarianism : unfairness to women and children / Kathryn Paxton George -- Religious perspectives -- 35. Judaism / Norman Solomon -- 36. Enhancing the divine image / Rabbi Stephen Fuchs -- 37. The Bible and killing for food / Andrew Linzey -- 38. Islam / Martin Forward, Mohamed Alam -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 5. Animal experimentation -- Introduction to part five -- Laboratory studies -- 39. The case for animal rights / Tom Regan -- 40. The ethics of animal research : what are the prospects for agreement? / David DeGrazia -- 41. Defending animal research : an international perspective / Baruch A. Brody -- 42. Who--or what--are the rats (and mice) in the laboratory? / Lynda Birke -- Regulating animal experimentation -- 43. Ethical themes of national regulations governing animal experiments : an international perspective / F. Barbara Orlans -- Animals in education -- 44. Summary of recommendations / Jonathan Balcombe -- 45. Humane education : the role of animal-based learning / Andrew J. Petto, Karla D. Russell -- Ecological studies -- 46. Ecological ethics : building a new tool kit for ecologists and biodiversity managers / Ben A. Minteer, James P. Collins -- 47. Ethics and experimentation : hard choices for the field ornithologist / Stephen T. Emlen -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 6. Animals and biotechnology -- Introduction to part six -- 48. Some ethical issues in biotechnology involving animals / David Morton -- Issues in genetic engineering -- 49. Crossing species boundaries / Jason Scott Robert, Françoise Baylis -- 50. In defense of the moral relevance of species boundaries / Robert Streiffer -- 51. Animal genetic manipulation : a utilitarian response / Kevin R. Smith -- 52. The inevitability of animal biotechnology? Ethics and the scientific attitude / Jeffrey Burkhardt -- Telos as an influence on ethical issues -- 53. On telos and genetic engineering / Bernard E. Rollin -- 54. Brave new birds : the use of "animal integrity" in animal ethics / Bernice Bovenkerk, Frans W.A. Brom, Babs J. van den Bergh -- Issues in cloning -- 55. Cloning advances and challenges for conservation / Oliver A. Ryder -- 56. Creating Fido's twin : can pet cloning be ethically justified? / Autumn Fiester -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 7. Ethics and wildlife -- Introduction to part seven -- Valuing wildlife -- 57. The philosophical value of wildlife / J. Baird Callicott -- 58. The ethic of care and the problem of wild animals / Grace Clement -- Hunting controversies -- 59. Game and wildlife conservation [1932] / Aldo Leopold -- 60. The killing game : an ecofeminist critique of hunting / Marti Kheel -- 61. Environmental ethics and trophy hunting / Alastair S. Gunn -- Special problems -- 62. Exotic species, naturalisation, and biological nativism / Ned Hettinger -- 63. To eat the laughing animal / Dale Peterson -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 8. Zoos and aquariums -- Introduction to part eight -- 64. Orcas and dolphins in captivity / Randall L. Eaton -- 65. Zoos and eyes : contesting captivity and seeking successor practices / Ralph Acampora -- 66. Against zoos / Dale Jamison -- 67. In defense of zoos and aquariums : the ethical basis for keeping wild animals in captivity / Michael Hutchins, Brandie Smith, Ruth Allard -- 68. Zoos and the rights of animals / Donald G. Lindburg -- 69. Opportunities lost : zoos and the marsupial that tried to be a wolf / Chris Wemmer -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 9. Animal companions -- Introduction to part nine -- 70. Affection's claim / Konrad Lorenz -- 71. Dogmaticisms and catechisms : ethics and companion animals / Bernard E. Rollin, Michael D.H. Rollin -- 72. The pet world / Paul Shepard -- 73. Hand-raising a rhino in the wild / Anna Merz -- 74. Living with animals / Freya Mathews -- 75. Protecting children and animals from abuse : a trans-species concept of caring / James Garbarino -- 76. The welfare of assistance and therapy animals : an ethical comment / James Serpell, Raymond Coppinger, Aubrey H. Fine -- 77. Killing animals in animal shelters / Clare Palmer -- 78. The miracle of life / Diane Leigh, Marilee Geyer -- Further reading -- Study questions.

pt. 10. Animal law/animal activism -- Introduction to part ten -- 79. A great shout : legal rights for great apes / Steven M. Wise -- 80. Book review : Rattling the cage : toward legal rights for animals by Steven M. Wise / Richard A. Posner -- 81. The dangerous claims of the animal rights movement / Richard A. Epstein -- 82. Just like us / Kate Douglas -- 83. Every sparrow that falls : understanding animal rights activism as functional religion / Wesley V. Jamison, Caspar Wenk, James V. Parker -- 84. Understanding animal rights violence / Tom Regan -- 85. Civil disobedience : a case study in factors of effectiveness / Courtney L. Dillard -- 86. In your face : from actor to activist / Chris DeRose -- 87. Ten ways to make a difference / Peter Singer -- Further reading -- Study questions -- Index.