| Preface |
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| Introduction: Sanctuary |
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21 | (33) |
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The Biochemistry of the Bond |
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24 | (6) |
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Pet Keeping Through the Ages |
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30 | (3) |
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Domesticated Animals: "Bonded to the House" |
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33 | (7) |
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Animal Sacrifice: "The Perfect Gift" |
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40 | (3) |
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Animal Welfare and the "Great Republic of the Future" |
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43 | (5) |
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48 | (6) |
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Two The Mismeasure of Animals |
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54 | (37) |
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Thinking and Feeling: Shared Capacities |
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56 | (3) |
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Denying Animal Intelligence |
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59 | (7) |
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66 | (5) |
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Lifesaving Dolphins and Dogs, Altruistic Elephants, and Other Remarkable Animals |
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71 | (8) |
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The Emotional Lives of Animals |
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79 | (12) |
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Part II The Betrayal of the Bond |
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Three A message From Hallmark: Exposing Factory Farming |
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91 | (44) |
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The Slaughterhouse Next Door: Inside a California Meat Plant |
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94 | (11) |
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The Hypocrisy of "Happy Cows" |
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105 | (9) |
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Endless Denials: The Challenge of Reform |
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114 | (5) |
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"The New Agriculture": The Ways of Industrial Farming |
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119 | (6) |
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"Meat Science": Turkeys Who Can't Walk, Pigs Who Can't Move, and Other Victims of Agribusiness |
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125 | (5) |
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Stirring the Silent Majority |
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130 | (5) |
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Four A culture of Cruelty: Animal Fighting in America |
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135 | (42) |
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Bad Newz on Moonlight Road: Dogfighting Comes Out of the Shadows |
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137 | (8) |
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Michael Vick and the Contradiction of Cruelty |
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145 | (8) |
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Blood Sport Through the Ages |
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153 | (4) |
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157 | (5) |
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172 | (5) |
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Five For the Love of Pets |
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177 | (45) |
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Katrina and the Human-Animal Bond |
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180 | (10) |
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190 | (6) |
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In the Name of Mercy: Animal Shelters and the Problem of Euthanasia |
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196 | (8) |
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Factory Farms for Dogs: The Tragedy of Puppy Mills |
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204 | (5) |
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The AKC and "the Maintenance of Purity" |
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209 | (2) |
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Nothing Fancy: The Costs of Reckless Breeding |
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211 | (11) |
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222 | (47) |
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Unfaithful Stewards: Betraying Yellowstone's Bison |
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225 | (8) |
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Killing and Longing: The Lessons of TR |
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233 | (6) |
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The Era of Rational Slaughter |
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239 | (4) |
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"Let's Kill Them All": The Attack on Alaska's Wolves |
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243 | (5) |
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"Garbaging for Bears": Commercial Hunting and Contemptible Conduct |
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248 | (5) |
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The Face of Innocence and the Shame of Canada |
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253 | (16) |
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Part III Building a Humane World |
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Seven Cruelty and Its Defenders |
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269 | (43) |
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The Moral Scale and Humane Living |
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272 | (5) |
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Rhetorical Camouflage: Debating Opponents of Animal Protection |
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277 | (7) |
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Collateral Damage and the NRA |
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284 | (10) |
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"The Agro-Industrial Complex": Harvesting Subsidies |
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294 | (8) |
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"The Rising Plague" and the Veterinary Oath |
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302 | (10) |
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312 | (39) |
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"Creative Destruction" and Living Capital |
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314 | (12) |
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326 | (7) |
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333 | (5) |
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Twenty-First-Century Science |
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338 | (6) |
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Innovation and the Spark of Life |
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344 | (7) |
| Appendix: Fifty Ways to Help Animals |
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351 | (6) |
| Acknowledgments |
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357 | (6) |
| Notes |
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363 | (46) |
| Index |
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