animal industry

Discusses possible careers working with dogs, including those of handler, breeder, groomer, kennel worker, writer, trainer, artist, and retailer.

Describes how animals are killed for their skins and horns, as trophies, and for luxury food.

Describes the activities that take place at a large stockyard including the jobs done by yardmen, brokers, packer buyers, dealer buyers, auctioneers, and others. Also describes how the animals are transported from ranches to stockyards and a typical auction.

A collection of fifteen controversial essays that debate the benefits of and problems associated with factory farming.

Discusses the environmental and human health problems caused by factory farms within the livestock industry and reveals the impact of animal farms--concentrated animal feeding operations for pigs, dairy cattle, and chickens--on three families and communities.

The author shares the story of what happens in the lives of farm animals, from conception to possible consumption, through his observations of twin calves he purchased from the dairy farm where they were born, and provides insights into the dairy and beef industries.

Examines the ethical questions surrounding the production of beef, poultry, pork, milk, and eggs, describing the often horrifying conditions the animals are kept in before being slaughtered, and encourages people to begin promoting compassion for farm animals and refusing to buy animal products from farms that treat their animals badly.

Presents vocational guidance for readers interested in working with pets and animals, and provides such job ideas as farm hand, veterinarian's assistant, pet-sitter, and animal groomer.

Examines ethical issues related to raising livestock, discussing costs of industrial livestock farming, conditions in which animals live, the rights of the animals, and more.