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ANIMALS ARE US : A GUIDE TO A KINDER WORLD is the bitter-sweet fruit of the author’s labours; bitter in its unflinching and deeply distressing confrontation of many evils, sweet in its hope for a world in which, through a “turning-about” in our relations with animals, we might find our better selves.
It is a brave exposé of the hideous abuses through which we perpetrate needless suffering, defacing ourselves and our planetary home. It is also an inspiring manifesto of the hope that a radical re-ordering of our relations with animals will help us rediscover our essential humanity. This is a powerful book, a passionate plea on behalf of all our friends who live on the earth, fly in the sky and swim in the sea.
The author furnishes a comprehensive list of her sources; this constitutes a compendium of the literature, audio-visual material, organisations and websites devoted to the issues with which this book is so fiercely engaged.
This is a valuable resource for readers looking for ways in which we might move beyond mere sentimental outrage in our efforts to eradicate, or at least mitigate, the evils which this book so graphically expose
This is an extract of a review by Harry Oldmeadow (c), author and academic.