Animal Rights

by Gregory Lee

Examines the treatment of animals and explores the issue of whether they have rights

64 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1991

Reviews

[Claire Binkley · Rating 5 out of 5]

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." George Orwell, Animal Farm

Since the particular animals on the planet have changed pretty radically since this book has been published 35 years ago due to the miracles of evolution, I thought it might be useful to look at it with a fresh eye, rather than to assume in a blasé way that everyone will protect whatever is around because of listening to Jane Goodall's public speaking events and going on to the next book. After all, she passed away last year! It's someone else's turn.

This book mentions that many people ignore the laws. How is society supposed to function meaningfully if not everyone follows its tenets? Some members of my family disliked my "grammar police" ways in the past, but the point of having writing conventions is so that everybody understands what the others are trying to convey.

This book describes what kinds of animal abuse are banned by Congress, but it puts emphasis on how laws on poaching are particularly hard to enforce. So, please just don't do it.

I said before that this book was probably good for weeding due to its age, but after looking through it I might have to change my mind, as its messages are still true today.

[Paul Boucherie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has been written by Gregory Lee, where he clearly explains the animal rights, and their status life through the world of today. Written at the third person plural and as a narration, this book tells us for example that for the nineties, twenty-two percent of the population did not believe in killing animals for fur, but didn’t think it should be against the law. The book has been written to show the people that animals are not treated as they have to be, as anybody on the earth. It shows images to tell us how animals’ conditions are, good and bad, most of the time explained with current life examples. By writing this book, the author wanted to show people how animals live, and make them react for injustices they live with, how they are treated.

The theme of the book is a kind of documentary,and I think this book is a good one. Just by the way it has been written with a vocabulary varied but also with information that made me learn things you could even not supposed to exist. I choose this book because I was a kind of interested in the animal rights. After a few pages, you can discover how interested this book is and how great it makes you learn stuff.

In this book, the big idea illustrated by the author is the fact that the human race, feeling bigger and more powerful, thinks it can “use” animals for any reason. For example, at the end of the book: "Perhaps, if we learn to treat other species on this planet with more respect and concern, we will treat our fellow human being as well"in here, we can of course see that the author wants to make sure that after having read the book, anybody should think about animal rights and be more respectful with animals. Personally, this book makes me think that animals are like anyone, on this planet, and as anyone, they have rights, and they have to be appreciated.