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Animals in World History: The long-overlooked protagonists of our planet

January 26, 2025 by John Yunker

If history is written by the victors, then this book is a much-needed step forward in our awareness and understanding of the non-human animals who have suffered at the hands …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, History, Nonfiction, Pets, Routledge, What we're reading, Zoos

Sue Coe and the last great social movement

October 17, 2021 by John Yunker

In the book Animal Resistance there are a number of illustrations by the artist Sue Coe. And it turns out that Sue was interviewed last year by The New York …

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Categories Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Endangered Species, Hunting, Veganism

Book Review: Bear Boy by Justin Barker

August 30, 2021 by Lillie Gardner

In 1995, thirteen-year-old Justin Barker was begrudgingly browsing a used bookstore with his dad when he came across PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk’s Kids Can Save the Animals: 101 Easy Things …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Nonfiction

Dominion: A Christian writes about hunting, factory farming, and other sins against animals

June 15, 2019June 15, 2019 by John Yunker

Several years ago, I heard about a Republican, a former speech writer for George W. Bush, who had written a book in favor of protecting animals. I also heard that …

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Categories Animal Rights, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Hunting, Nonfiction, Oceans, Veganism

Book Review: The Animals’ Agenda by Marc Bekoff & Jessica Pierce

September 29, 2019May 8, 2018 by Midge Raymond

The Animals’ Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce is an important and timely book that examines the human relationship with — or, …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Anthropocene, Beacon Press, Birds, Book Reviews, Conservation, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Veganism

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