The Animal Manifesto (34 page)

Farm Sanctuary
(Baur),
112

fear,
116

Festa-Bianchet, Marco,
141

Finding Beauty in a Broken World
(Williams),
26–27
,
48

fish,
85–86

industrially farmed,
117

numbers of, as pets,
32

sentient behavior of,
60
,
74
,
114
,
116

fishing,
40–41
,
46
,
140
,
141

Florida,
182

Food and Agriculture Organization,
115

Food and Drug Administration (US),
152

4-H programs,
113–14

Fox, Camilla,
139

foxes,
34–35
,
50

FOXP
₂
(language gene),
56

Francina, Suza,
114

Francione, Gary,
30
,
111

Frisch, Karl von,
70

fur clothing,
122
,
123
,
138–41

fur farms,
136
,
138–39

G

Gallup Environmental Poll,
3–4

Gana (gorilla),
66–67

Gandhi, Mohandas,
201

gender,
197

George (lobster),
110

Georgia Aquarium,
160–61

Germeni, Christina,
89

gestation crates,
182–83

global warming,
26
,
46–47
,
119
,
210

Goodall, Jane,
9
,
109

Gordon, Tehree,
82–83

Gorilla Agreement,
185–86

Gorilla Guerilla
(Taussig),
128

gorillas,
162

animal rights legislation and,
185–86

compassionate behavior of,
91–93

sentient behavior of,
66–67

gratitude,
95–97

Great Apes Project,
184

Great Ape Trust,
202–3

Great Compassion, The
(Phelps),
141

greenhouse gases,
119

Green Mountain Animal Defenders,
189

Green Movement,
3

Greive, Bradley Trevor,
78

grief,
54
,
66–67
,
71–72
,
166
,
177–78

Griffith, Shannon,
97

Groobman, David,
177

Groszkiewicz, Ted,
24

“Groundbreaking Study Identifies Impact of Zoo and Aquarium Visits” (AZA),
169

Gunderson, Scott,
40

H

habitat loss,
26
,
47
,
48
,
107
,
210

Hadidian, John,
49

Hammerling, Claudia,
133

Hancocks, David,
170

Harlow, Harry,
150

Helmsley, Leona,
31

Henry (dog),
108–9

H1N1 virus,
117

Honey Girl (sea turtle),
66

Honolulu Advertiser
,
83

Hope (elephant),
167

Hornung, Carolyn,
110

horses

mistreatment of,
138
,
141
,
158
,
173

numbers of, as pets,
32

racehorses,
5
,
32–33
,
138

slaughterhouses,
184

veterinary care for,
32–33

wild herds,
183–84

Huffard, Christine,
68

Hugo, Victor,
198

human-animal relationship

alienation/disconnection in,
105

interdependence in,
104–5

moving power of,
201–4

reconception of,
99–100
,
206–9

survival and,
103–4

human beings

animal revenge against,
70–73

as animals,
105

as basically compassionate,
2

compassion needed toward animals,
1–6

cross-species compassion of,
85
,
88

nature as separate from,
26

nature unbalanced by,
44–47

as solipsistic,
54
,
77

speciesism of,
25–29
,
80

hunting,
8
,
40–41
,
108
,
141
,
194–95

I

Indah (orangutan),
202–3

In Defense of Food
(Pollan),
112

India,
47
,
154

individualism, moral,
27

industrial agriculture

alienation from animals and,
112–14
,
125

animal mistreatment in,
115–18
,
173

compassionate alternatives to,
122–25

disease fostered in,
117–18

number of animals killed in,
115

as unsustainable,
118–21
,
197–98

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee,
164
,
181–82

intelligence,
28
,
64

See also
animal sentience interdependence,
104–5
,
127–28

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
120–21

International Primatological Congress (Edinburgh, Scotland; 2008),
179

International Union for Conservation of Nature,
194

interspecies relationships.
See
cross-species relationships invasive species,
26

Iriki, Atsushi,
59

Israel,
154

J

Jackman, Jennifer,
197

Jackson, Peter,
72

Jake (dog),
85

Jamieson, Dale,
7
,
142

jen
(Confucian concept),
196

Jenkins, Robert,
162

Jenny (elephant),
183

Jethro (dog),
31
,
34–35
,
98–100
,
111–12
,
187

Jirrahlinga Wildlife Sanctuary (Australia),
82–83

Johns Hopkins University,
181

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science,
174–75

Journal of Applied Poultry Research,
144

Journal of the American Medical Association,
152

justice, cosmic,
207–8

K

kangaroos,
82–83

Kanzi (bonobo),
174–75

Kellert, Stephen,
197

Keltner, Dacher,
104
,
195–96
,
206

Kentucky Derby,
5

Kerby, Bud,
159

Kirk, Mark,
185

KIRO TV,
135

Knight, Andrew,
136–37
,
146
,
149

Kristof, Nicholas,
118

Kruger National Park (South Africa),
43

Kuhina (sea turtle),
66

Kurlansky, Mark,
180

L

LaCapra, Dominick,
30–31

La China (dog),
87

Lady Lobster (dog),
108

Lake Research Partners,
3

Langford, Dale,
75

Langley, Gill,
145

language ability,
56
,
59

Lan, Luo,
204

Laurance, William,
47

law, and animals

animal rights legislation,
142–45
,
179–80
,
182–86

coexistence with animals,
29–30

downer cows,
117

Migratory Bird Treaty Act,
49

leather clothing,
122
,
123
,
138–39

Leila (orangutan),
134

Leo (dog),
84

Lewis, Dale,
195

Libby (cat),
90

light pollution,
45

lions,
158
,
162

Lives of Animals, The
(Coetzee),
1

lobster,110,
114
,
116–17

Lola (dog),
90–91

Long, Robert,
156

Louisiana State University,
32–33

Louv, Richard,
106

“Low-Carbon Diet, The” (Tidwell),
197–98

lynx,
190–92

M

Made for Each Other
(Olmert),
105

magpie funeral ceremonies,
7

Maple, Terry,
166

Marino, Donna,
158

Marks, Clive,
107–8
,
201

Masataka, Nobuo,
61–62

Mason, Georgia,
167–68

Matilde (dog),
108

mating behavior,
58
,
68

Mead, Margaret,
201

meat diet

alienation from animals and,
112–14
,
125

naming animals and,
110–11

per capita consumption,
120

public unawareness about,
122

reducing consumption,
122–25
,
197–98

See also
industrial agriculture

meat industry,
144

Melbourne Zoo,
133–34

memory,
60

mental illnesses,
55

mice,
74–75
.
146
,
148–49

Midgley, Mary,
77

Migratory Bird Treaty Act,
49

Mila (whale),
83–84

Mimi (elephant),
166–67

mindfulness,
208

mink,
139–40
,
173

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,
36–37

modern culture,
105
,
106

Molly (pony),
32

monkeys

communication techniques with,
174–76

compassionate behavior of,
89

as laboratory animals,
149–51

mistreatment of,
131–32
,
134–35

sentient behavior of,
57
,
61–62
,
63–64
,
70–71

welfare of,
175–76

Moon Bear Rescue Centre (Chengdu, China),
108–9
,
l87

Moore, Heather,
115

Moore, Rustin,
33

moral individualism,
27

morality

animal capacity for,
6
,
28
,
89–91

animal experimentation and,
146–48

animal mistreatment and,
129

in human-animal relationships,
207–8

meat diet and,
112–14

Mother Jones
magazine,
8

mountain lions,
49–50
,
51

Mr. S (CDOW employee),
190–92

MRSA,
118

MSNBC,
85
,
88
,
131

mules, sentient behavior of,
64

muskrats,
139

“mutton busting,”
159

N

names,
108–11

narrative ethology,
7

National Academy of Sciences,
163
,
164

National Zoo (Washington, DC),
163

Native Americans,
196

natural selection theory,
28

nature

awe toward,
23–25

human alienation from,
26
,
105–8
,
178
,
210

human unbalancing of,
44–47

Nature
(journal),
144
,
154

nature-deficit disorder,
106

Neonakis, Alexandria,
95–97

Netherlands,
178–79

New Jersey Supreme Court,
180

New Scientist,
59
,
124
,
145

New York Times,
45–46
,
55
,
59
,
63
,
82
,
118
,
119–20
,
149–50
,
154
,
156

Nhat Hanh, Thich,
123

Nigeria,
186

1968
(Kurlansky),
180

nipah virus,
117

noise pollution,
45–46

Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores
(Long),
156

Nuremberg Zoo,
133

Nyota (bonobo),
174–75

O

Obama, Barack,
8

observer effect,
67–70

octopi,
68

Oklahoma City Zoo,
168

Olmert, Meg Daley,
79
,
105

Omnivore’s Dilemma, The
(Pollan),
112

orangutans,
134
,
188
,
202–3

Oregon,
182

ostriches,
144

Outermost House, The
(Beston),
99–100

overconsumption,
26
,
210

overfishing,
46

overpopulation,
26
,
210

P

Pachauri, Rajendra,
121

pain,
57
,
114
,
116–17

Panbanisha (bonobo),
174–75

pandas,
170

Party for the Animals,
178–79

Pavlakos, Alina,
113

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA),
131
,
135

personhood,
111–12

pet industry,
32