Ricard, Matthieu  1946- <br/><br/>
A plea for the animals :  the moral, philosophical, and evolutionary imperative to treat all beings with compassion / 
Matthieu Ricard ; translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn. 
 - First English edition. 
 - 341 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>A brief history of the relations between humans and animals -- Out of sight, out of mind -- Everybody loses: the effects of industrial breeding and meat eating on poverty, the environment and health -- The real face of industrial animal breeding -- Sorry excuses -- The continuum of life -- The mass killing of animals--genocide versus zoocide -- A little side trip into the realm of moral judgment -- The dilemma of animal experimentation -- Illegal trade in wildlife -- Animals as objects of entertainment -- Animal rights, human obligations -- An appeal to reason and to human kindness. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781611803051 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016003252 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animal rights.<br/>Compassion.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV4708  / .R5313 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>179/.3