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September 1st, 2014 sees the centenary of one of the best-documented extinctions in history—the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. From being the commonest bird on the planet 50 years earlier, the species became extinct when Martha, the last of her kind, died at the Cincinnati Zoo. ...

Ignoring Nature no More edited by Marc Beckoff

For far too long humans have been ignoring nature. As the most dominant, overproducing, overconsuming, big-brained, big-footed, arrogant, and invasive species ever known, we are wrecking the planet at an unprecedented rate. And while science is important to our understanding of the impact we have on our environment, it alone does not hold the answers to the current crisis, nor does it get people to act. In Ignoring Nature No More, Marc Bekoff and a host of renowned contributors argue that we need a new mind-set about nature, one that centers on empathy, compassion, and being proactive.

Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were

by Philip Lymbery

Climate change and poaching are not the only culprits behind so many animals facing extinction. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating and it is vital that we confront this problem if we are to stand a chance of reducing its effect on the world around us.

Saving Ourselves: Interviews with World Leaders on the Sustainable Transition

by Yacine Belhaj-Bouabdallah

Ethical and Political Approaches to Nonhuman Animal Issues, edited by Andrew Woodhall and Gabriel Garmendia da Trindade, published by Spinger/Palgrave Macmillan.

You can download the chapter, “Are We Smart Enough to Know When to Take the Political Turn for Animals?”, on Kim Stallwoods site here

Zoopolis A Political Theory of Animal Rights

by Sue Donaldson

The Food Revolution : How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life And Our World

by John Robbins

Proteinaholic: How Our Obsession with Meat Is Killing Us and What We Can Do About It by Garth Davis

An acclaimed surgeon specializing in weight loss delivers a paradigm-shifting examination of the diet and health industry’s focus on protein, explaining why it is detrimental to our health, and can prevent us from losing weight.