Your free book to action animal rights Grr! Graphics for Animal Liberation How to Do Animal Rights - And Win the War on Animals About Chapter 1 Introduction to Doing Animal Rights 1. The Broad Setting 2. Mass Extinction 3. The Animal Holocaust Chapter 2 Know Your Animal Ethics & Animal Rights 1. Animal Ethics Background Ethics Importance of Animal Ethics Glossary Now a Biff From History How to Proceed? Ethical Theories Ethical Theories Compared Choosing an Ethical Theory Do Philosophical Ideas Work? 2. Animal Rights What are Animal Rights? Background to Animal Rights Major Dates for Rights Animal Rights Theory Fundamental Animal Ethical Positions Variations on Animal Rights Are Rights a Cure-all? Universal Declaration on Animals Arguments For & Against Animal Rights 3. Comparing Animal Philosophies Animal Ethics vs Animal Rights Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare Animal Rights vs Conservation Deep Ecology Conclusion Chapter 3 Campaigning Methods for Animal Rights 1. Introduction 2. Campaigning Where to Begin? Keeping Going Ten Essential Campaigning Tips More Tips 3. Civil Disobedience What Is Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience & Animal Rights Arguments For & Against Civil Disobedience 4. Direct Action What is Direct Action? Examples of Animal Rights Direct Action Individual vs Mass Direct Action Sea Shepherd Conservation Society Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty The Battle of Brightlingsea Inset: Background to Brightlingsea Comparing Direct Actions Direct Action vs Civil Disobedience Efficacy of Direct Action 5. Action Planning What is an Action Plan? Why an Action Plan? Who Should Produce the Action Plan? Before You Begin Distinguish Operations From Administrations Creating Your Action Plan You Should Be Smart You Should Also SWOT Make It Happen Review It A Simple Action Plan Template 6. Lobbying Who Can Lobby? What & Whom to Lobby Start Lobbying How to Lobby Lobbying Techniques 7. Picketing What is Picketing? AR Picketing is Like Industrial Picketing How to Picket 8. Starting a Group What to Do? Name & Logo Finding Members A Constitution? The Group Committee Group Success Or Failure Newsletters Fundraising 9. Publicity 10. Leafleting Design Printing Distribution Posters & Placards Other Media 11.News Media Media Tips A Feature Article? The Letters Page News Release The Radio Radio Tips 12. Internet The Web Email Create Your Own Web Site Designing Your Web Site Capturing Viewers Discussion Boards Chapter 4 Activities for Animal Rights  1. Undercover Investigator  2. Video Activist  3. Animal Friendly Traveller  4. Preacher  5. Animal Rescuer  6. Investigative Reporter  7. Media Watcher  8. Philosopher  9. Flyer 10. Personal Activist 11. Animal Lawyer 12. Politician 13. Prisoner Supporter 14. Public & School Speaker 15. Aerial Snooper 16. Scientific Investigator 17. Solo Information Worker 18. Street Theatre Actor 19. Teacher 20. Voluntary Worker Abroad Chapter 5 The Law & Animal Rights 1. Terrorism Background Terrorism Defined Animal Extremism & Terrorism Does AR Extremism Work in Practice? 2. Violence or Nonviolence? Can We Justify Violence? Kinds of Violence Views For & Against Violence Is Violence Efficacious? Conclusion 3. The Law - US & Britain United States FBI vs Extremists Britain Extremist Tactics Establishment Fights Back 4. Police Arrest In the Street & At Your Door At the Police Station Your Tactics Know Your Rights Remaining Silent Your Lawyer Suing the Police Chapter 6 Assorted Animal Rights Activists 1.  Steven Best 2.  John Lawrence 3.  Andrew Linzey 4.  Richard Martin 5.  The McLibel Two 6.  Ingrid Newkirk 7.  Jill Phipps 8.  Henry Salt 9.  Henry Spira 10. Peter Singer 11. Tom Regan 12. Richard D Ryder Chapter 7 Animal Numbers Raised & Killed 1.  Summary 2.  Chickens 3.  Pigs 4.  Beef Cattle 5.  Fish 6.  Meat Consumption 7.  Fur-bearers 8.  Experimental Animals Chapter 8.  Extras! 1.  Mutilations of Farm Animals 2.  The Five Freedoms 3.  Painism 4.  The Forgotten Fur 5.  The Golden Rule 6.  Human Overpopulation 7.  Climate Change 8.  Think Like an Animal Appendix 1 World Scientists' Warning to Humanity. Appendix 2 Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare.

How to Do Animal Rights - And Win the War on Animals Chapter 8 Extras 1. Mutilations of Farm Animals Factory farmed animals are commonly mutilated. Why? A definition of mutilation is removing or destroying part of an animal for non-healing purposes. Mutilation is an attempt to make animals fit the conditions of a factory farm, rather than fit the farm around the animals. Conditions on factory farms are so severe that animals can injure and even cannibalise one another. Farmers try to suppress such behaviour by cutting off bits of the animals. Farmers give varied reasons for mutilating animals (see the Table below). The actual purpose of mutilation is to maintain the efficiency of the factory farming system. Mutilation is an emotive but commonly used term and without a satisfactory alternative. Some authorities prefer to call mutilations surgical operations, but this is clinical rambling that does not convey the reality, that farmhands, not surgeons, without special training most often carry out mutilations and that animals are usually mutilated without anaesthetic. Mutilations ensure that many animals suffer chronic as well as acute mental and physical pain. The following table lists some of the more common mutilations on factory farms. Table: Some Mutilations on Factory Farmed Animals Mutilation Action Ostensible Purpose 1. Branding Permanently mark the hide of cattle. Identification. 2. Castration Remove the testicles of livestock. Prevent breeding, reduce aggression, improve taste of meat. 3. Declawing Remove the claws of poultry. Minimise injuring themselves. 4. Debeaking Cut off the beaks of poultry and fowl. Reduce injury when fighting. 5. Dehorning Cut off the horns of cattle, sheep and goats. Reduce injury when fighting. 6. Desnooding Pinch off the snood of turkeys. Minimise injuring themselves. 7. Detoeing Remove the toes of poultry and fowl. Reduce injuring themselves. 8. Disbudding Destroy the hornbuds on calves and young goats. Prevent growth of horns to reduce injury when fighting. 9. Dubbing Cut off the combs of poultry and fowl. Reduce injuring themselves. 10. Ear Notching Clip, tag or punch the ears of livestock. Identification. 11. Mulesing Strip off the skin from the hindquarters of sheep. Reduce risk of disease. 12. Pinioning Cut off the distal wing joint of poultry and fowl. Permanently prevents flight. 13. Ringing Insert a ring in the nose of pigs and cattle. Control movement. 14. Tail Docking Amputate the tail of sheep, pigs and dairy cows. Reduce risk of disease. 15. Teeth Cutting Cut/grind away all or most of the teeth of pigs and sheep. Reduce injury when fighting. 16. Tongue Amputation Cut off the tongue of calves. Prevent sucking problems.

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