Reading and Media Resources

A firsthand account of a social psychologist’s somewhat accidental introduction to the world of cat rescue, the trap-neuter-return method of feral cat management and the often hidden world of feral...

Analysis by two experts in agricultural economics of the costs of improving animal welfare in modern farming.

Examines the human-animal relationship and the laws designed to protect it and calls for consideration of why some harms to animals are defined as criminal, others as abusive but not criminal and...

With a strong emphasis on Simone Weil’s conception of vulnerability as a “mark of existence," this book reimagines a poetics that begins with the vulnerability of bodies, rather than the omnipotence...

This book is set forth here as representative of the numerous works by the Rev. Dr. Linzey that contemplate related questions. This particular collection of essays sets forth his thoughts, rooted in...

A compilation of entries from leading scholars on topics and ideas central to the field of animal studies, incorporating interdisciplinary perspectives from a wide array of fields ranging from...

A collection of essays approaching the human-animal relationship from the critical or "left" tradition in political and social thought. Contributions highlight the connections between our treatment of...

This book is suggested as representative of the body of work, encompassing many works of art recorded in numerous books, by this prominent political artist, who can be considered one of the most...

A series of dialogues between two college students – a meat-eater and an ethical vegetarian – regarding the ethical questions that arise in contemplating the consumption of animal bodies as well as...

Largely a scathing description of the treatment of animals in modern society, this book is also a critique of that treatment based in a conservative Christian view of the serious responsibilities that...