animal rights activists

"Bear boy is a coming-of-age story of how two bears inspire one boy to stand up, question authority, fight for animals and discover the power of activism"--.

"As a young girl, Florence Merriam Bailey fell in love with the outdoors, especially birds, whose songs and flight captivated her. She listened, waited, and watched to better understand her feathered friends, and wrote many books, including one of the first field guides to American birds. Her work ultimately led to better protection for birds and to the scientific study of birds in nature instead of in a lab"--Provided by publisher.

"[Collects] profiles of more than 40 . . . activists [that] offer valuable ideas for ways [readers] can use [their] voice, [their] energy, and [their] unique skills to make the world a better, kinder, more just place. Discover stories and strategies from icons like Rosa Parks and Jane Goodall, young newsmakers like Emma Gonz?lez and Jazz Jennings, and trailblazers like Billie Jean King and Malala Yousafzai"--Back cover.

"Funny Farm is an inspiring and moving memoir of the author's turbulent life with 600 rescue animals Laurie Zaleski never aspired to run an animal rescue; that was her mother Annie's dream. But from girlhood, Laurie was determined to make the dream come true. Thirty years later as a successful businesswoman, she did it, buying a 15-acre farm deep in the Pinelands of South Jersey. She was planning to relocate Annie and her caravan of ragtag rescues-horses and goats, dogs and cats, chickens and pigs-when Annie died, just two weeks before moving day. In her heartbreak, Laurie resolved to make her mother's dream her own. In 2001, she established the Funny Farm Animal Rescue outside Mays Landing, New Jersey. Today, she carries on Annie's mission to save abused and neglected animals. Funny Farm is Laurie's story: of promises kept, dreams fulfilled, and animals lost and found. It's the story of Annie McNulty, who fled a nightmarish marriage with few skills, no money and no resources, dragging three kids behind her, and accumulating hundreds of cast-off animals on the way. And lastly, it's the story of the brave, incredible, and adorable animals that were rescued"--.

". . . the story of the man who gave rights to animals. In Gilded Age America, people and animals lived cheek-by-jowl in environments that were dirty and dangerous to man and beast alike. The industrial city brought suffering, but it also inspired a compassion for animals that fueled a controversial anti-cruelty movement. From the center of these debates, Henry Bergh launched a shocking campaign to grant rights to animals. . . . . a social history, awash with colorful characters. Cheered on by thousands of men and women who joined his cause, Bergh fought with robber barons, Five Points gangs, and legendary impresario P.T. Barnum, as they pushed for new laws to protect trolley horses, livestock, stray dogs, and other animals . . . tells the story of a remarkable man who gave voice to the voiceless and shaped our modern relationship with animals"--Provided by publisher.

A biography of Henry Bergh, founder of the ASPCA.

Amara loves bats, so when she learns there are none near her new home due to habitat loss, she overcomes her feelings of helplessness and inspires her community to take action. Includes facts about bats and bat houses.

Discusses the different between, and definition of, animal rights and animal welfare, covering activists' beliefs that animals should not be kept as property or used for food, clothing, entertainment, or scientific research, and examines topics such as cruelty and factory farming.

While the Screech Owls are in Boston, Massachusetts, for the Paul Revere Hockey Tournament, they visit the New England Aquarium. There, Samantha Bennett meets an animal-rights campaigner who converts Sam to her cause, making Sam a new recruit in a very dangerous organization.

After witnessing the brutal beating of a horse in the streets of Russia and attending a bullfight in Spain, Henry Bergh found his calling: first as a one-man enforcer of animal rights, and later as the founder of the ASPCA, or the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. His newfound devotion came at a crucial time for animals. In America in the late 1800s, workhorses were often whipped to death and dogs chained to treadmills for work. Animals in slaghterhouses experienced gruesome deaths. They all needed a voice, and that voice was Henry Bergh's.