Blood Relations takes us inside the little-known world of the Canadian animal rights movement. Ridiculed by industry, vilified by scientists, and largely ignored by the media and the left, this grassroots phenomenon has enlisted a new generation of activists dedicated to changing the most basic political arrangements on the planet. Meet the people involved and the issues they raise.
Extremists trade time in jail to save animals' lives.
Conservative welfarists struggle to hold their place in the established order. And dedicated, law-abiding advocates fight to make humans recognize that we are only one species among many with legitimate claims. In this powerful book, Charlotte Montgomery brings clarity and insight to a subject that has too often been trivialized. Charlotte Montgomery has worked as a journalist for over twenty-five years, on newspapers ranging from small local dailies to The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star.