From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013: The $60,000 Dog: My Life With Animals by Lauren Slater Beacon Press (c/o Random House, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019), 2012. 251 pages, hardcover. $24.95. Usually if an author subtitles a book “My life with animals,” or something similar, the author is known for having had a life with [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013: Getting to Zero: A Roadmap to Ending Animal Shelter Overpopulation in the United States 2012. 90 pages, paperback: $28.95. Replacing Myth With Math: Using Evidence-Based Programs to Eradicate Shelter Overpopulation 2010. 138 pages, paperback. $19.95 Both by Peter Marsh Town & Country Reprographics: 230 N. Main St., Concord, NH 03301. Free [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013: Animal Rights Without Liberation: Applied Ethics and Human Obligations by Alasdair Cochrane Columbia University Press (61 West 62nd St., New York, NY 10023), 2012. Paper, 256 pages, $29.50. University of Sheffield political theorist Alasdair Cochrane in Animal Rights Without Liberation advances a case for what might be described as [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013: Snow Leopard: Stories from the Roof of the World Edited by Don Hunter Univ. Press of Colorado (5589 Arapahoe Ave., Suite 206-C, Boulder, CO 80303), 2012. 216 pages. Hardcover $26.95, e-book $21.95. Don Hunter, who assembled Snow Leopard: Stories from the Roof of the World, acknowledges inspiration and help in [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, January/February 2013: Chasing Doctor Doolittle: Learning the Language of Animals by Con Slobodchikoff. Ph.D. St. Martin’s Press (c/o MacMillan, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010), 2012. 308 pages, hardcover, $25.99. “My parents left Russia around the time of the Communist Revolution, and made the trek across Siberia to live in exile [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012: Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards Into Battlegrounds by Jim Sterba Crown Publishers (c/o Random House, 1745 Broadway, New York, NY 10019), 2012. 336 pages, hardcover. $26.00. Born in 1943, during the deprivations of World War II and just after the Great Depression, Jim Sterba [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012: > World Without Cats by Bonham Richards iUniverse (order c/o www.worldwithoutcats.com), 2012. 315 pages, paperback. $19.95. . According to World Without Cats publicity materials, author Bonham Richards “has a doctorate in medical microbiology from UCLA and did postdoctoral research at the University of Washington.” He taught biology for 24 years [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012: Food Security & Farm Animal Welfare by Sofia Parente [WSPA] and Heleen van de Weerd [CIWF] • Free 20-page download from wspa-international.org/farming or ciwf.org/foodsecurity • Based on The Impact of Industrial Grain Fed Livestock Production on Food Security: an extended literature review .. by Karl-Heinz Erb, Andreas Mayer, Thomas Kastner, [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012:The Last Walk: Reflections on Our Pets at the End of Their Lives by Jessica Pierce Univ. of Chicago Press (1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637), 2012. 263 pages, hardcover. $26.00. Colorado bioethicist Jessica Pierce in The Last Walk alternates between detailing the last year in the life of her [...]
From ANIMAL PEOPLE, November/December 2012: The Dogs in Bali: Unforgettable Dog Stories From A Flawed Paradise by Anna Sternfeldt Sternfeldt Media, c/o www.dog-stories-from-bali.com 63 pages, $11.95. The praiseworthy stated intent of The Dogs in Bali is to further the work of the Bali Animal Welfare Association. But author, photographer, and publisher Anna Sternfeldt opens with [...]
