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Book Review| September 01 2010 Animals & Ethics An Odyssey with Animals: A Veterinarian's Reflections on the Animal Rights & Welfare Debate. By Adrian R. Morrison. 2009. Oxford University Press(ISBN 9780195374445). 272 pages. Hardcover. $29.95. Nancy Wagner, RN Nancy Wagner, RN 2 1Science Department Head, Christian High School, El Cajon, CA 92019 2e-mail: nwagner@cussd.org Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar 2e-mail: nwagner@cussd.org The American Biology Teacher (2010) 72 (7): 457. https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.13.b Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Nancy Wagner; Animals & Ethics. The American Biology Teacher 1 September 2010; 72 (7): 457. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2010.72.7.13.b Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentThe American Biology Teacher Search This book is a comprehensive review of the use of animals by humans. Morrison provides many examples involving research, pets, farming, and hunting. He tackles each area with many examples and describes a balanced view of both sides of the animal rights issue. The author is a veterinarian who obviously loves animals, but he is also a well-known REM sleep researcher who appreciates the humane use of animals for research purposes. He describes his own harrowing experience of having his lab trashed and his neighbors given false information about his work by animal rights extremists. Morrison describes why he wrote this book in the introduction: ‘Out of these experiences arose my desire to tell a story about the animal rights issue – a story that will go beyond the animal welfare debate of the past few decades to explore human beings' long-term and complex relationships with animals.’ He definitely succeeds... You do not currently have access to this content.
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