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02289cam a2200397 a 4500 001 FED06C4C40BF11DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20100605010007 008 090511s2010 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009018977 020 $a 1594033463 (hardcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781594033469 (hardcover : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)349251086 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDXCP $d ILC $d MOF $d LJW $d SILO 050 00 $a HV4708 $b .S623 2010 082 00 $a 179/.3 $2 22 100 1 $a Smith, Wesley J. 245 1 $a A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy : $b the human cost of the animal rights movement / $c Wesley J. Smith. 250 $a 1st American ed. 260 $a New York : $b Encounter Books, $c c2010. 300 $a xiii, 312 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a For some activists, the animal rights ideology amounts to a quasi religion, one whose central doctrine declares a moral equivalence between the value of animal lives and the value of human lives. Smith believe that granting "rights" to animals would inevitably diminish human dignity. 505 0 $a Foreword / by Dean Koontz -- Introduction -- Part I: "For the animals" -- Animal advocacy isn't what it used to be -- "All animals are equal" -- Animals are people too -- Let it begin with apes -- Here comes the judge -- The Silver Spring monkey case -- The death of a thousand cuts -- Proselytizing children -- Part II: By any means necessary -- Advocating terror -- Tertiary targeting -- Praising with faith condemnation -- Murder they wrote? -- Part III: For the people -- Animal rights vs. medical research -- Our system of animal research -- Ensuring the proper care of lab animals -- Meat is not murder -- Fur, hunting, and zoos -- The importance of being human. 650 0 $a Animal rights. 650 0 $a Human-animal relationships. 650 0 $a Animal welfare. 941 $a 6 952 $l WBPB115 $d 20230209021643.0 952 $l VMPC334 $d 20170118035809.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825051801.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20160202043719.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20110702010532.0 952 $l N3AX771 $d 20100405122405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FED06C4C40BF11DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b LJWInitiate Another SILO Locator Search