The following list details a variety of books about animal issues although it is by no means inclusive of all the books on these topics. The inclusion of books listed does not mean that the webmaster is in agreement with their contents.     If any are required, but are not available from libraries or bookshops, online retailers may have them, e.g., Amazon, and/or WHSmiths. Additionally, online services dealing with second-hand books can often assist, e.g., AbeBooks. Another option for obtaining books is to enquire from some of the larger anti-vivisection or animal welfare/rights organisations that may stock them.

Thanking the Monkey: Rethinking the Way We Treat Animals, by Karen Dawn. Published 2008, Harper. 19.95 paper (304p). ISBN 978006135185-3. Details on http://www.ThankingtheMonkey.com.

Striking at the Roots: A Practical Guide to Animal Activism shows how anyone can put their compassion into action. By Mark Hawthorne. Foreword by Bruce Friedrich. Paperback, 304 pages, January 2008. 19.95 US dollars, 9.99 pounds sterling. ISBN: 9781846940910. Published by O Books. More information at www.strikingattheroots.com, or www.o-books.com.

The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy - and Why They Matter. Professor Marc Bekoff (New World Library, California, 2007).

What Will We Do If We Don't Experiment on Animals? Medical Research for the Twenty-First Century. Jean S. Greek, DVM, and C. Ray Greek, MD. (Trafford, 2004). ISBN: 1-4120-2058-1 A review by NAVS says: 'In Spring 2004. Dr. Ray Greek and Jean Swingle Greek, DVM published this, their third book. As in their previous two books, Sacred Cows and Golden Geese and Specious Science, the Drs. Greek offer a compelling scientific case against extrapolating the results of animal-modeled research to humans'

Terrorists or Freedom Fighters: Reflections on the Liberation for Animals. Edited by Steven Best, Ph.D., and Anthony J. Nocella, II. (Lantern Books, 2004). ISBN 1-59056-054-X. An anthology of writings on the history, ethics, politics and tactics of the Animal Liberation Front, from a multitude of perspectives

Sacred Cows and Golden Geese. Ray Greek, MD and Jean Swingle Greek (London/New York: Continuum, 2000). This deals with the human cost of animal experimentation and reveals the myth of benefits from animal experimentation

Specious Science. Dr C. Ray Greek and Jean S. Greek, DVM. (London and New York: Continuum, 2002). ISBN: 0-8264-1398-6. This is a follow-up to Sacred Cows and Golden Geese (see above) and deals with 'how genetics and evolution reveal why medical research on animals harms humans'

Animal Experimentation: The Consensus Changes. ed. by Gill Langley (New York: Chapman and Hall, 1989). A comprehensive overview by authorities in fields that range from animal rights philosophy to the subject of pain in animals

Animal Experimentation: A Harvest of Shame. Dr Moneim A. Fadali (Los Angeles: Hidden Springs Press, 1996). A specialist in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery shows the invalidity of the argument that animal experimentation is indispensable

Vivisection or Science? An Investigation into Testing Drugs and Safeguarding Health. Professor Pietro Croce (London/New York: Zed Bks, 1999)

The Human Use of Animals. Tom L. Beauchamp, Rebecca Dresser, John P. Gluck, David B. Morton, F. Barbara Orlans (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998)

Animals in Education Use of Animals in High School Biology Classes and Science Fairs. Ed. Nancie Brownley, and Heather McGiffin (Washington: The Institute for the Study of Animal Problems, 1980)

Ethics Teachings in Higher Education. Ed. Daniel Callahan, and Bok, Sissela (New York: Plenum Press, 1980)

From Guinea Pig to Computer Mouse. Mihnea Chiuia, and Nick Jukes (Leicester: International Network for Humane Education (InterNICHE), 2003)

Animals in Education: The Facts, Issues and Implications. Lisa Ann Hepner (Albuquerque: Richmond Publishers, 1994)

In the Name of Science Issues in Responsible Animals Experimentation. Barbara F. Orlans, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1993)

Of Mice, Models, & Men A Critical Evaluation of Animal Research. Andrew N. Rowan, (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1984)

Science in the Private Interest: Has The Lure Of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research? By Sheldon Krimsky. (Rowan & Littlefield, 2003). A review of this book by AFMA says: 'In this book, Sheldon Krimsky examines these relationships and the implications thereof. We recommend this book to anyone seeking more knowledge about how governments fund research and approve drugs, the corruption of science, and the close relationship between those funding the research and those performing it'

Eternal Treblinka. Charles Patterson, PhD. (New York: Lantern Books, 2002). ISBN. 1-930051-99-9. This is an excellent book which deals with both animal abuse and animal rights

The Political Animal: The Conquest of Speciesism. Richard D. Ryder (McFarland & Co. 1998). The relationship of humankind to other species is the focus of this book.

Animal Revolution: Changing Attitudes Towards Speciesism. Richard D. Ryder (Oxford: Berg, 2000 - Revised/updated). Dr Ryder, a psychologist, traces the birth of the animal rights movement and its development into a force which is attempting to extend basic moral protection to non-human animals. 'It is the work against which all future historical accounts will be measured and which few, if any, will surpass' (Professor Tom Regan).

Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or Your Dog? Professor Gary L. Francione (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2000). 'Gary Francione claims that most of us are morally schizophrenic and demonstrates that there often is a wide gulf between what we claim is due to other animals and what we actually do to them. He argues that animals have a right not to be viewed as things, their lives do matter, they have interests, and they should be firmly entrenched in the moral community' (Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado).

Animals and Their Moral Standing. Professor Stephen R. L. Clark (London: Routledge, 1997). A collection of philosophical essays by Clark, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Liverpool, dealing with the debate over the rights and treatment of animals

Child Abuse, Domestic Violence, and Animal Abuse: Linking the Circles of Compassion for Prevention and Intervention. ed. by Frank Ascione and Phil Arkow (Purdue University Press, 1999). Evidence is mounting that animal abuse, frequently embedded in families scarred by domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, often predicts the potential for other violent acts. This book brings together all of the leaders in this emerging field

Strolling With Our Kin: Speaking for and Respecting Voiceless Animals. Marc Bekoff (Lantern Books, 2000). A compassionate look at human beings and nonhuman animals in which the author takes the reader on a philosophical and ethical odyssey.

Voices from the Underground: For the Love of Animals. Michael Tobias (Hope Publishing House/New Paradigm Books, 1999). The author draws a picture of the crisis of human abuse, exploitation and cruelty toward animals

The Unheeded Cry: Animal Consciousness, Animal Pain, and Science. Bernard E. Rollin (Iowa State University Press: 1998). Widely hailed by animal activists and scientists alike on its first appearance, Rollin pokes holes in the neutral, and valuefree stance of animal-using scientists in the positivist tradition

Cruelty to Animals and Interpersonal Violence: Readings in Research and Application. ed. by Frank R. Ascione and Randall Lockwood (Purdue University Press, 1997). This book presents historical, philosophical, and research sources that explore the maltreatment of animals and the ways people hurt each other

Animals and Why They Matter. Mary Midgley (University of Georgia Press, 1998). Mary Midgley examines the barriers that our traditions have erected between human beings and animals, and reveals that the too-often ridiculed subject of animal rights is an issue crucially related to such problems within the human community as racism, sexism, and age discrimination.

Naked Empress (or the Great Medical Fraud). Hans Ruesch (Zurich: CIVIS, 1982). An expose of the dangers, fraud and cruelty of the vivisection industry.

Vivisection Unveiled: An Expose of the Medical Futility of Animal Experimentation. Dr Tony Page (Charlbury, OX: Jon Carpenter, 1997). Details the misleading results from vivisection.

Worse Than The Disease: Pitfalls of Medical Progress. Diana B. Dutton (Cambridge University Press: Cambridge 1992). The author considers and examines how modern medicine is in disarray.

Rattling the Cage. Professor Steven Wise (London: Profile, 2000). Wise, a law-school professor and Harvard lecturer, offers a wide-ranging and informative discussion about the need for animal rights.

Aping Science - A Critical Analysis of Research at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center. Committee on Animal Models in Biomedical Research (New York: Medical Research Modernization Committee, 1995). Reviews the historical role of non-human primate research and the value and risks for humans, and proposes more relevant approaches for future public health needs.

Animal Rights; A Philosophical Defence. Dr Mark Rowlands (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1998). Dr Rowlands offers a philosophical alternative to the thinking of Singer and Regan and shows how an influential form of the social contract idea can be used to make sense of, and justify the concept of animal rights.

Brute Science: Dilemmas of Animal Experimentation. Hugh LaFollette and Niall Shanks (New York: Routledge, 1997). A scholarly and comprehensive analysis of animal experimentation

The Cruel Deception. Dr Robert Sharpe (Wellingborough, Thorsons Publishers Limited, 1988). The book has a thorough commentary of the causes of the decline in disease, and what part was played by social reforms. It has detailed and logical arguments against the claims of vivisectors

Cured to Death. Arabella Melville and Colin Johnson. This is a suitable book for anybody sceptical about the medical establishment. Although not centered on anti-vivisection, this is a powerful impartial book containing information which is an indictment of the pharmaceutical industry

The Monkey Wars. Deborah Blum. This book is not specifically 'anti-vivisection', centering on the debate on the use of primates (not just monkeys) in medical research, aiming to come from a non-biased viewpoint. It includes some interesting anti-vivisectionist facts.

Science on Trial. Dr Robert Sharpe (Awareness Publishing, 1994). This documents misleading results which have arisen from animal experimentation.

Slaughter of the Innocent. Hans Ruesch (Swain, NY: CIVITAS Publications, 1985. Third Printing: originally pub. 1978). Unrelenting attack on vivisection and vividly describes the suffering that laboratory animals experience.

Stolen for Profit. Judith Reitman (New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 1994). The author discusses the use of stolen pets for animal experiments. The book includes an account of a 1991 trial involving persons charged with theft of animals for medical research

1000 Doctors (And Many More) Against Vivisection. Hans Ruesch (Massagno, Switzerland: CIVIS Publications, 1989). A compilation of testimonials from 1824 to 1989 against vivisection by physicians and other professionals.

Beyond Dissection - Innovative Tools for Biology Education (Boston: New England Anti-Vivisection Society, 1995).

Vivisection and Dissection in the Classroom - A Guide to Conscientious Objection (with 1996 Supplement). Gary Francione and Anna Charlton (Jenkintown, PA: American Anti-Vivisection Society, 1992).

Betrayal of Trust. Dr Vernon Coleman (European Medical Journal, 1991)

Caught in the Act: The Feldberg Investigation. Melody Macdonald (Jon Carpenter, 1994). An account of how a vivisection laboratory was infiltrated resulting in vivisectors losing their licenses. Also reveals how Government Inspectorate visits to laboratories are of no use.

The Use of Animals in Medical Research: The Wrong Path. Dr Tony Page (UKAVIS, 1996). A booklet aimed at students which details species variation and explains why vivisection cannot work. Foreward by Prof. Vernon Reynolds of Oxford University.

For children/young persons: Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. Robert C. O'Brien. An award-winning fictional story that deals with the issue of using animals in laboratory testing. Reading level: ages 10-15.

For children/young persons: Standing up to Mr. O. Claudia Mills. A fictional story writen by Claudia Mills, an associate professor of philosophy, and a veteran writer of children's books. This is a story that examines school-room dissection and includes complex and winning characters. Reading level: ages 9-12.

Scientific Truth Vs. Scientific Fraud. Irwin Bross, Ph.D. This book deals with identifying, and campaigning against, fraudulent science.

Genetic Engineering - Dream or Nightmare?. Mae-Wan Ho. The brave new world of bad science and big business. 'Essential reading for all those concerned with the future of humanity': Edward Goldsmith, editor of The Ecologist.

Animal Rights. Hilda Kean (London: Reaktion Books, 1998). The book reviews the cultural and social roles of animals from 1800 to the present time, and the development of animal rights.

Dirty Medicine. Martin J. Walker (London: Slingshot Publications, 1994). ISBN: 0 9519646 0 7. Subtitled, 'Science, Big Business and the Assualt on Natural Health Care', this book describes how orthodox medical practitioners, pharmaceutical companies and industrial scientists have organised against alternative medicine in Europe and America since the last century

Lethal Laws. Alix Fano. This book reveals that using animals as surrogates is not only unethical, it is bad science. Alix Fano provides an analysis of the technical and scientific problems that have plagued animal tests for decades, but which have not been forcefully challenged until now.

Cardiac Arrest. Emil Levin MD, and Diane Danielson. (CIVIS, 1991). Produced specifically to refute the claims of the American Heart Association alleging past benefits from animal research

Animal Rights and Human Obligations. Tom Regan and Peter Singer, eds. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1976). A collection of writings for and against the view that animals have rights, or that humans have obligations to animals.

The Great Ape Project. Paola Cavalieri and Peter Singer, eds. (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993). A collection of essays including those from academics, arguing that the great ape should be granted rights.

Animal Rights. Mark Gold (Oxford: John Carpenter, 1995). Mark Gold shows the link between campaigning for animal rights, and human rights. He also deals with animal rights 'myths' and how animal rights can succeed.

Animal Liberation. Peter Singer (New York: Random House, 1990). The book that some say inspired modern animal rights campaigning.

Defending Animal Rights. Tom Regan (Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2001). Professor Tom Regan, universally recognized as the intellectual leader of the animal rights movement, presents a historically important, multifaceted discussion of some responses to the question, 'Do animals have rights?'.

The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off Consumers, by Katharine Greider (Public Affairs Books 2003)

Animals : Why They Must Not Be Brutalized. J. B. Suconik and J. B.Suconik (Nuark Publishing, 2000). ISBN: 0967556007. Review by Rhona Zaid, Ph.D: 'In his cohesive approach to the title which draws from legal, historical, and cultural knowledge, Suconik presents compelling arguments for the rights of animals as opposed to animal rights. From the outset he accomplishes a difficult task, to create a brief yet convenient historical overview of the principle philosophical and ethical concepts, set within legal analogies, of continuing intolerance toward non human animals'.

Animals' Rights. Henry Salt (Clarks Summit, PA: International Society for Animal Rights, 1980). A classic that was first published in 1892.

Science, Money, and Politics: Political Triumph and Ethical Erosion. Daniel S. Greenberg (The University of Chicago Press, 2001)

In Defense of Animals. Peter Singer (New York: Harper and Row, 1985). Articles and essays by leading proponents of animal rights.

Inhumane Society. Dr Michael Fox (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990). A veterinarian's view of the inhumane and exploitive way that animals are used in America.

The Struggle for Animal Rights. Tom Regan (Clarks Summit, PA: International Society for Animal Rights, 1987). Essays on the major causes of the exploitation and suffering of animals.

Created From Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism. James Rachels (Oxford: OUP, 1990). Examining the implications of Darwinism, Rachels discusses an enlightened ethic and the value of human and non-human life.

Man and the Natural World. Keith Thomas (London: Penguin, 1991). An encyclopaedic study of the human relationship to animals.

The Animal Rights Movement in America: From Compassion to Respect. Lawrence Finsen and Susan Finsen (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994). A account of the history, philosophy and goals of the animal rights movement.

Animal Rights and Human Morality. Bernard E. Rollin.

The Animal Rights Handbook: Everyday Ways to Save Animal Lives. Linda Fraser.

The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery. Marjorie Spiegel, forward by Alice Walker.

Monkey Business: The Disturbing Case that Launched the Animal Rights Movement. Kathy Snow Guillermo.

Drawing the Line: Science and the Case for Animal Rights. Steven M. Wise

Animal Research Takes Lives: Humans and Animals Both Suffer. Bette Overell.

The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict between Animal Research and Animal Protection. Deborah Rudacille

Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments: Actual Status, Development and Approach in Belgium. Vera Rogiers, Sonja Beken.

Animal Testing: The Animal Rights Debate (Focus on Science and Society). Chris Hayhurst (Rosen Publishing Group, 2000). ISBN: 0823932133. The author discusses the pros and cons of testing products intended for human use on animals, as well as the legal and ethical issues involved.

The Pig Who Sang to the Moon: The Emotional World of Farm Animals. Jeffrey Masson. 288 pages. Cape

From Cage to Freedom: A New Beginning for Laboratory Chimpanzees. Linda Koebner (Dutton, 1981). The author relates her experiences in returning a group of laboratory chimpanzees to freedom in an animal preserve in Florida.

Animals and Alternatives in Toxicity Testing. Michael Balls (Editor).

Lab Animal Abuse: Vivisection Exposed!. Joseph Covino, Jr.

All Persons Great and Small: How New Scientific Discoveries are Building the Case for Animal Rights. Steven M. Wise. 242 pages (Perseus Books, 2002). ISBN: 0738203408.

Animals and Their Legal Rights: A Survey of American Laws from 1641-1978. Emily Steward Leavitt (Washington, DC: Animal Welfare Institute, 1978).

Animals, Property, and the Law. Gary Francione (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995). This argues that current legal standard of animal welfare does not and cannot establish rights for animals.

Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are. Roger Fouts with Stephen Tukel Mills (New York: William Morrow and Company, 1997). A primatologist recounts his 25 year journey from scientist to animal activist. Argues for the eventual elimination of all animal experimentation.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan (New York: Random House, 1992). Traces the origins and evolution of life, and makes a comparison of animal and human behavior.

When Elephants Weep. Jeffrey Masson and Susan McCarthy (New York: Delacorte Press, 1995). A comprehensive book on the emotional dimension of animals.

Animal Factories. Jim Mason and Peter Singer (New York: Crown Publishers, 1980). Details the mass production of animals for human consumption and how factory farms create problems for animals and consumers.

Beyond Beef. Jeremy Rifkin (New York: J.P. Dutton, 1992). An expose of the cattle industry and its costs in terms of the environment, world hunger, health and animal abuse.

Old MacDonald's Factory Farm. C. David Coats (Continuum Publishing Company, 1989). Exposes the cruelty of intensive farming.

Dead Meat. Sue Coe (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1995). A slaughterhouse journal in words and sketches exposing the reality of meat production in the U.S.

Diet for a New America. John Robbins (Walpole, NH: Stillpoint Pub., 1987). An account of the ecological destructiveness of the American meat industry.

Factory Farming. Dr. Michael Fox (Washington, DC: Humane Society of the US, 1980). A booklet, written by a veterinarian, outlines the inhumane practices inherent in factory farming.

The Rights of Nature. Roderick Nash (Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin, 1989). The history of the environmental and animal rights movements.

The following books are not connected to animal rights but deal with some of the mistakes and ignorance perpetrated in the name of science: The Undergrowth of Science (Delusion, Self-deception and human frailty). Professor Walter Gratzer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000). Scientific Blunders (A brief history of how wrong scientists can sometimes be). Robert Youngson (London: Robinson, 1998).