the controversial line between entertainment and abuse /
Peter Laufer
Guilford, Conn. :
Lyons Press,
c2012
xiv, 258 p. ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-253) and index
Swim with dolphins! -- Whale as sushi -- Ted Nugent is my blood brother -- Searching for a Louisiana cockfight -- Cockfighting as sport -- Destroying the village to save it -- The charge of an animal rights brigade -- The cowardice of canned hunts -- Infiltrating cockfights -- Art as animal abuse -- Who would abuse a swan? -- The self-taught lion tamer -- Yes, he really does stick his head in the mouth of a lion -- Dead chickens without a fight -- The nemesis of Cajun cockfighters -- From Central Park horse carriages to ants on the kitchen counter -- Who is abusing whom? -- Saving chickens -- Dominion over every creeping thing that creepeth -- Sea turtle cowboy boots -- Cockfight first responders -- Cricket fighting for science -- A Jordanian princess changes Arabian horses mid-life -- A jailhouse meeting with a militant vegan -- Stoic arson victims reopen their sheepskin business -- Humane meat -- Dairy cow abuse -- The animal lawyer -- Vivisection dissected -- What's right and what's wrong? -- Sit, stay, roll over -- Fighting cocks rescued and euthanized -- The case for a kill-it-yourself dinner -- Las Vegas epiphany -- Epilogue
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Laufer, Peter-- Travel
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Animal welfare-- Moral and ethical aspects
Entertainment events-- Moral and ethical aspects
Entertainment events-- Social aspects
Human-animal relationships
Human-animal relationships-- Moral and ethical aspects