Rape of Noah's Ark - Hardcover

Dewar, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0718302710 ISBN 13: 9780718302719

Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services, 1969

Synopsis

James Dewar explores many facets of man's exploitation of wild animals, exposing an extensive, ruthless and profitable trade. The persistent demand for animals in medical and military research is emptying the jungles of monkeys and provides suburban pet thieves with easy money. Animal dealers often depend upon smugglers and dirty supply lines for consignments of exotic animals and birds. The author looks at the case for and against vivisection and experimentation on animals and disentangles the hard facts which lie behind a wall of professional secrecy on one side, and the sometimes near-hysterical crusading zeal on the other. He analyses the figures quoted by the Home Office and examines the official attitude towards experiments upon live animals. He considers claims made by some scientists and many anti-vivisectionists that the use of millions of laboratory animals is both dangerous and unnecessary. The Rape of Noah's Ark also reveals that many zoos, far from contributing to conservation, actually drive some animals mad. A responsible and unbiased study which will lead many to question practices that we have come to accept as normal.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Distribution Services
• Publication date: 1969
• ISBN 10: 0718302710
• ISBN 13: 9780718302719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 254