Title: The humane economy : how innovators and enlightened consumers are transforming the lives of animals /
Authors: Pacelle, Wayne,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Animal welfare.; Animal welfare Economic aspects.
Abstract: From the leader of the nation's most powerful animal-protection organization comes a frontline account of how conscience and creativity are driving a revolution in American business that is changing forever how we treat animals and create wealth. Wayne Pacelle of the Humane Society of the United States reveals how entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 CEOs, world-class scientists, philanthropists, and a new class of political leaders are driving the burgeoning, unstoppable growth of the "humane economy." Every business grounded on animal exploitation, Pacelle argues, is ripe for disruption. Indeed each one of us is, and will be, touched by this far-reaching transformation in food and agriculture; in the pharmaceutical, chemical, and cosmetics industries; in film, television, and live entertainment; in tourism and wildlife management; in the pet trade for dogs and cats and exotic wildlife; and in fur and leather fashions.^
Contents: Pets and GDP (the Gross Domesticated Product). The Beagle has landed ; Smart ideas at PetSmart and Petco ; Puppy mills and "old school" pet stores ; Breaking the chain of dogfighting -- Big Ag gets its hen house in order. A capitalist revolution frees the pigs ; Assault and battery cage -- The chicken or the egg-- or neither? Meat with, and without, a heart ; Planting a steak in the ground ; Egg beaters -- Now that's entertainment. CGI and the new era of film ; Ringling relents ; See World in a new way -- Animal testing yields to humane science. A compact with our wild cousins ; Animal testing disrupted -- The visible hand and the free market: humane wildlife management in the United States. Wolves and alpha returns ; Family planning and the future of wildlife management -- Global growth stocks: elephants, lions, great apes, whales, sharks, and other living capital. Saving the giants of the African economy ; Diversifying our holdings in wildlife stocks -- High yield bonds. Perfect information, better outcomes ; Clinching the case, stepping into the future -- Ten things you can do to contribute to the humane economy.