Advocates for Animals - An Inside Look At Some of Extraordinary Efforts to End Animal

In Advocates for Animals Girshick focuses on the volunteers and organizations that fill the gap in what laws, policies, practices, and services do not address for animal rights and protection. 204 personal reflections teach about their paths to involvement, what they do and hope to achieve, and how this has impacted their lives.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Who We Are: Issue Focus: Feral Cats and TNR
2 Paths to Action: Issue Focus: Factory Farms
3 What We Do: Issue Focus: Overpopulation, Spay/Neuter, and the No-Kill Movement
4 Identified Top Issues: Issue Focus: Rescue and Adoption of Cats, Dogs, and Rabbits; Wildlife
5 Social Justice Connections: Issue Focus: Animal Cruelty
6 Personal Impacts: Issue Focus: Veganism
7 Our Goals: Issue Focus: Animals and the Environment
Concluding Comments
Appendix: Organizations Mentioned

About the author

Lori B. Girshick, PhD,is a retired sociology professor. She has dedicated her life to working for social justice and ending inequalities. She is the author of several books, including Soledad Women: Wives of Prisoners Speak Out, No Safe Haven: Stories of Women in Prison, Woman-to-Woman Sexual Violence: Does She Call it Rape? and Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men. She has,also been an animal rights activist for more than thirty years, volunteering for animal rights/protection organizations, including Wildhorse Ranch Rescue, Fearless Kitty Rescue, and Homeless Animal Rescue Team (HART).

Summary

In Advocates for Animals Girshick focuses on the volunteers and organizations that fill the gap in what laws, policies, practices, and services do not address for animal rights and protection. 204 personal reflections teach about their paths to involvement, what they do and hope to achieve, and how this has impacted their lives.

Product details

• Authors: Lori B Girshick, Lori B. Girshick, Girshick Lori B.
• Assisted by: Baur Gene (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2017
• EAN: 9781442253193
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5319-3
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; USA, NATURE / Animals / General, NATURE / Animal Rights, LAW / Criminal Law / General, Criminal law & procedure, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Volunteer Work, Animals & society, Wildlife: general interest, United States of America, USA, Animals and society, Charities, Voluntary Services & Philanthropy, Charities, voluntary services and philanthropy, Criminal law: procedure and offences, animal advocates;animal cruelty;animal rights