02158cam a2200409 i 4500 18957637 OSt 20260808080559.0 ta 160201s2016 cou b 001 0 eng 2016003252 9781611803051 hardcover : alk. paper 18957637 DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng fre pcc HV4708 .R5313 2016 179/.3 23 Ricard, Matthieu 1946- Plaidoyer pour les animaux. English 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. Boulder : Shambhala, 2016. 341 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Previously published in French [in 2014] as Plaidoyer pour les animaux: Vers un bienveillance pour tous." Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. Animal rights. Compassion. Kohn, Sherab Chödzin translator 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg LCS BOOK 0 0 0 LCS 0 0 VAJ LINDHOLME LINDHOLME GEN 2026-08-08 0 500 RIC 2600512 2026-08-08 08:11:50 2026-08-08 BOOK 2978 2978