animal welfare

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

Tells the everyday stories of life and death at the Columbia-Greene Humane Society in upstate New York, providing information about the real work of animal shelters, and the reasons why so many pets end up in shelters.

A dog describes being mistreated by a cruel master but then later being taken in by a kind family.

Profiles some endangered animals from around the world, presents facts about each one, and explains why they are endangered.

Hannah Musgrave, a political radical and member of the Weather Underground, has fled America to West Africa, where she and her husband become friends with Charles Taylor, the notorious warlord and now ex-president of Liberia.

Discusses the animal rights movement, including the difference between animal rights and animal welfare, using animals for experiments, animals as entertainment, keeping pets, and hunting.

A step-by-step guide to saving animal lives, including facts about animal abuse, consumer guidance on where to buy cruelty-free products, and tips for protecting endangered wildlife.

Presents the diverse perspectives of forty-two men and women active in the animal-rights debate, based on interviews in which each participant was asked the same questions.

While speculating on the merits of her father's new girlfriend, Dez teams up with Sherman, a vegetarian and animal rights activist, to design posters for the school play with humorous results.

A young girl hears a noise in the forest near her family's farm in Canada, and when she and her mother go to investigate, they find a small fawn that seems to be all alone.