Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

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  1. See Farley Mowat, Never Cry Wolf (Boston: Atlantic
    MonthlyPress, 1963),and KonradLorenz,KingSolomon’s
    Ring(London:Methuen,1964),pp.186–189.Iowethefirst
    reference to Mary Midgley, “The Concept of Beastliness:
    Philosophy, Ethics and Animal Behavior,” Philosophy 48:
    114 (1973).


13.See,inadditiontothereferencesabove,worksbyNiko
Tinbergen, Janevan Lawick-Goodall,George Schaller,and
Irenaus Eibl-Eibesfeldt.


14.See pages 207–208 above.


15.See page 208.



  1. See Judy Mann, “Whales, Hype, Hypocrisy,” The
    Washington Post, October 28, 1988.


17.Iamoftenasked:Whatshouldwedoaboutourcatsand
dogs?Somevegetariansareunderstandablyreluctanttobuy
meat for their companion animals, for to do sois still to
supporttheexploitationofanimals.Infactitisnotdifficultto
raisea dog as a vegetarian—Irishpeasants whocouldnot
afford meatdid iton milkandpotatoes forcenturies.Cats
presentmoreofaproblem,sincetheyneedtaurine,anamino
acid not readily available from plants. It is now possible,
however,toobtainavegetariantaurinesupplementfromthe
American group, Harbinger of a
NewAge.Ithasbeenclaimedthatthismakesitpossiblefor
catstobehealthyonavegetariandiet,butthehealthofcats
onsuch adiet shouldbe watchedclosely.Information can
also be obtained from the British VegetarianSociety. See
Appendixes 2 and 3 for addresses.

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