Promotion
Shop now and save 20% on your back-to-school purchases & get free shipping on orders $45+ Use code: SCHOOL24
Drawing the Line
Science and the Case for Animal Rights
Contributors
Formats and Prices
Price
$21.99Price
$28.99 CADFormat
Format:
Trade Paperback $21.99 $28.99 CADThis item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around May 15, 2003. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.
Also available from:
One of those rare books that can change the reader's view of our position in the world and within the animal kingdom, Unlocking the Cage is a landmark both in its scientific insight and in its challenge to the law. As Steven Wise continues his exploration of animal cognition along the evolutionary spectrum — from apes to dolphins, parrots, elephants, dogs, and even honeybees — he finds astonishing answers to the big question in animal rights today: Where do we draw the line? The law has firm criteria for personhood and Wise shows how certain non-human animals meet those criteria. Readers will be enthralled as they follow Wise's firsthand investigations of the work of the world's most famous animal experts: in Kenya with Cynthia Moss and the touchingly affectionate elephant families of Amboseli, in the mountains of Uganda with Richard Wrangham and the chimpanzees of the Kibale Forest, at MIT with Irene Pepperberg and her amazing and witty gray parrot, Alex, and in the California sanctuary where Penny Paterson has spent two decades learning about the skills and vivid personality of Koko the gorilla. In many cases, Wise was even able to sustain an extended conversation with these extraordinary creatures. Steven Wise is the world's foremost expert on the legal rights of animals and has devoted his life to litigating, writing, and working on their behalf. No one with a shred of curiosity about animals, about rights, or about justice will want to miss this book.
A Merloyd Lawrence Book
Genre:
Series:
- On Sale
- May 15, 2003
- Page Count
- 336 pages
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- ISBN-13
- 9780738208107
Newsletter Signup
By clicking ‘Sign Up,’ I acknowledge that I have read and agree to Hachette Book Group’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use