Reading and Media Resources

This book explores the distinct role of animals as living property within a legal system designed by and for humans.

An exploration from the early days of the modern animal movement regarding the treatment of animals in various philosophical traditions, the errors and misjudgments that led to animals being left out...

A collection of pioneering essays focusing on a feminist perspective on the status of animals and offering support for the idea that the oppression of women is inextricably connected to the ways in...

An overview of spiritual teachings from seven major religious traditions regarding ethical obligations toward animals.

Rooted in the feminist animal care tradition, as well as feminist theories of embodiment and relationality, postcolonial theory, and critical animal studies, examines how Canadian (and, by extension...

An installment in the Routledge Environmental Humanities series consisting of a wide range of essays in animal studies.

Outlines the structure of international humanitarian law and evaluates how its concepts, principles, and justifications can be employed and modified to enhance animal welfare.

Making a case for animal rights from an Islamic perspective, this book examines the status and nature of animals as they are portrayed in the Qur’an and adjacent exegetical works in which animals are...

Written for a popular audience, this book examines the growing recognition of sophisticated sentience in a wide variety of animals and explores the opportunities we have in everyday life to improve...

An early proponent of the idea that animals could be entitled to rights, Salt wrote: "If we are ever going to do justice to the lower races, we must get rid of the antiquated notion of a 'great gulf'...