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Changing Hearts and Minds About Animals and Food
Touchstone
November 2008
On Sale: November 4, 2008
320 pages
ISBN: 074329159X
EAN: 9780743291590
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Non-Fiction
Leading animal rights activist Gene Baur examines the
real cost of the meat on our plates -- for both humans and
animals alike -- in this provocative and thorough
examination of the modern farm industry. Many people
picture cows, sheep, pigs, and chickens as friendly
creatures who live happily within the confines of a peaceful
family farm, arriving as food for humans only at the end of
their sun-drenched lives. That's what Gene Baur had been
told -- but when he first visited a stockyard he realized
that this rosy depiction couldn't be more
inaccurate. Amid the stench, noise, and filth, his
attention was drawn in particular to one sheep who had been
cast aside for dead. But as Baur walked by, the sheep raised
her head and looked right at him. She was still alive, and
the one thing Baur knew for sure that day was that he had to
get her to safety. Hilda, as she was later named, was nursed
back to health and soon became the first resident of Farm
Sanctuary -- an organization dedicated to the rescue, care,
and protection of farm animals. The truth is that farm
production does not depend on the family farmer with a small
herd of animals but instead resembles a large, assembly-line
factory. Animals raised for human consumption are confined
for the entirety of their lives and often live without
companionship, fresh air, or even adequate food and
water.Viewed as production units rather than living beings
with feelings, ten billion farm animals are exploited
specifically for food in the United States every
year. In Farm Sanctuary, Baur provides a
thoughtprovoking investigation of the ethical questions
involved in the production of beef, poultry, pork, milk,and
eggs -- and what each of us can do to stop the mistreatment
of farm animals and promote compassion. He details the
triumphs and the disappointments of more than twenty years
on the front lines of the animal protection movement. And he
introduces sanctuary. us to some of the special creatures
who live at Farm Sanctuary -- from Maya the cow to Marmalade
the chicken -- all of whom escaped horrible circumstances to
live happier, more peaceful lives. Farm Sanctuary
shows how all of us have an opportunity and a responsibility
to consume a kinder plate, making a better life for
ourselves and animals as well. You will certainly never
think of a hamburger or chicken breast the same way after
reading this book.
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