num_pages: 154
description: While most people agree that animals are a vital and wondrous part of the world we live in, there are those who would exploit and mistreat them. In his new book, Franklin T. Julian makes a heartfelt plea for humane treatment of all animals. He also explores practical resources and information for Animal Advocacy, including detailed lists of organizations which support and provide shelter and services for abused animals, wildlife preservation and habitat conservation. In frank and hard-hitting terms which are certain to generate controversy, the author points to animal abusers, such as those who participate in “canned hunts”—exotic safaris or local hunts which are nothing more than slaughter and require no skill, effort or risk on the part of the “mighty hunters”--or those who needlessly torture lab animals in useless and repetitive experiments. With warmth and rationality, he makes the case for the decent and humane treatment of all animals, whether they are pet partners, like his neighbor’s blind cat, saved from euthanasia at a shelter; a lost mother duck and her ducklings rescued along a dangerous highway and taken to a city pond; a turtle attempting to cross a treacherous road; a calf imprisoned in a factory farm; a mother elephant blinded by a shotgun and trying desperately to care for her baby; a fish caught by a sportsman and returned to the water to swim again; or a deer trapped in the hunter’s sights. Beautifully illustrated with drawings by Mr. Julian’s daughter, Elizabeth Julian-Tuggle, For the Love of Animals is a warm and engaging book which points to needed reforms, but also dwells on inspiring cases of kindness and lists the positive steps which can be taken by individuals to make a difference in animal care and treatment.
language: English
title: For the Love of Animals
titlecomplete: For the Love of Animals
ratings_count: 1
publisher: F T Julian Pub Inc