No animals were harmed : the controversial line between entertainment and abuse / Peter Laufer.

By: Laufer, Peter, 1950-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, c2012Description: xiv, 258 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780762763856Subject(s): Laufer, Peter, 1950- -- Travel | Animal welfare | Animal welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects | Human-animal relationships | Human-animal relationships -- Moral and ethical aspects | Entertainment events -- Social aspects | Entertainment events -- Moral and ethical aspects | Animal rights | Investigative reportingDDC classification: 179/.3
Contents:
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.
Summary: Investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back with his third book in a trilogy that explores the way we humans interact with animals. The attack of a trainer at Sea World by a killer whale in February 2010 is the catalyst for this examination of the controversial role animals have played in the human arenas of entertainment and sports. From the Romans throwing Christians to lions to cock-fighting in present-day California, from abusive Mexican circuses to the thrills of a Hungarian counterpart, from dog training to shooting strays in the Baghdad streets, Laufer looks at the ways people have used animals for their pleasure. The reader travels with Laufer as he encounters fascinating people and places, and as he ponders the ethical questions that arise from his quest.Summary: Animal Ethics.
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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.

Investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back with his third book in a trilogy that explores the way we humans interact with animals. The attack of a trainer at Sea World by a killer whale in February 2010 is the catalyst for this examination of the controversial role animals have played in the human arenas of entertainment and sports. From the Romans throwing Christians to lions to cock-fighting in present-day California, from abusive Mexican circuses to the thrills of a Hungarian counterpart, from dog training to shooting strays in the Baghdad streets, Laufer looks at the ways people have used animals for their pleasure. The reader travels with Laufer as he encounters fascinating people and places, and as he ponders the ethical questions that arise from his quest.

Animal Ethics.

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