Animal welfare
By: Sylvia Engdahl, editor.
Contributors: Engdahl, Sylvia.
Series: Issues on trial
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Detroit, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737747379
Subjects: Animal welfare -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unanimous opinion : animal welfare advocates have the right to sue in the court of their choice / Thurgood Marshall; title: Animal welfare advocates lack standing to take animal mistreatment issues to court / Kenneth Starr; title: Courts should view animals as more than mere personal property / Lauren Magnotti; title: The research done on the silver spring monkeys led to an important discovery / Denyse O'rsquoLeary; title: Courts cannot directly address harm to nature / W. Earl Webster; title: Many agricultural practices are cruel to animals and should be banned / Erin M. Tobin and Katherine A. Meyer; title: Support for humane treatment of farm animals is growing / Kim Severson; title: Farmers and veterinarians believe current farm practices are humane / Neil D. Hamilton.