Do you love cats, dogs and other pets? Do you want to do more to help protect and advocate for these pets, but don't know where to start? Defending the Defenseless is for anyone who wants to join a growing crusade to bring animal protection to its rightful place in a civilized society, to protect animals from harm inflicted by humans, and allow them to live happily in an environment that appreciates their unique qualities. Regardless of career or lifestyle, anyone can become an advocate for pets in a growing movement to defend the defenseless. This book guides readers through the variety of ways they can help companion animals and offers practical tips to get involved, from donating money to volunteering at animal shelters, from opposing animal experimentation to raising children to protect animals. Defending the Defenseless is perfect for anyone who loves animals and is seeking guidance on how to get involved.
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Phillips (How Shelter Pets Are Brokered for Experimentation: Understanding Pound Seizure) provides us with a comprehensive guide to becoming an advocate for animals. A lawyer and staunch animal advocate herself, the author has extensive experience volunteering in animal shelters and working to promote legislation that is in the best interests of animals. She gives readers numerous and specific options for getting involved and discusses the best way to get started. She also makes readers aware of some lesser-known animal welfare concerns, such as questionable practices that may be in place at their local animal shelters. Phillips does a good job of presenting the issues in an objective manner, giving voice to people on both sides of the argument, and she is careful to make a distinction between animal advocates and animal activists, since the term activist sometimes has a negative connotation. Verdict This manual for animal advocacy is an excellent choice for readers looking for community service opportunities that will benefit animals.
(Library Journal )
In this detailed how-to book, which addresses every imaginable aspect of animal advocacy, there's no denying that attorney and animal rights advocate Phillips knows her stuff. Phillips encourages readers to become part of the solution through a variety of advocacy techniques, even breaking out activities by age group for kids, including specific activities for middle school students (building a wildlife feeder) or high school students (constructing a dog house). On the business side, Phillips identifies attorneys who are making a difference in pet advocacy as well as successful lobbyists, and provides contact names and states for individuals in each group. Straightforward and well-organized....the book would be the perfect textbook or reference for a college class or community outreach program.
(Publishers Weekly )
Defending the Defenseless is for anyone who wants to join a growing crusade to bring animal protection to its rightful place in a civilized society. This book guides readers through the variety of ways they can help companion animals and offers practical tips to get involved, from donating money to volunteering at animal shelters, from opposing animal experimentation to raising children to protect animals. Phillips shares her own personal experiences protecting animals, which she describes as 'some involve outrageous joy, and others involve life-altering devastation.'
(ForeWord Reviews )
Animals in need: with every new crisis in the animal community, the desire to bring about change can be overwhelming. But where does one start? Allie Phillips—author, attorney, advocate for animals and someone with an almost unbelievable ability to implement change on the ground—has written a highly useful guide to getting involved. Phillips begins with the basics of volunteer work, then quickly moves into more informative territory, including explanations of the essential language (e.g., do you support rights or animal welfare?), opportunities in public education, how to help feral cats, animal transport, lobbying, emergency preparedness and models of best practices around the country, among other issues. Phillips writes with confidence and conviction, and offers a steady hand to the hesitant advocate.
(Bark Magazine )
This book is at once a how-to manual and an inspirational piece. Drawing on her own journey to becoming an animal advocate, Allie shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the animal protection field to give us practical advice on how to get involved-and how to keep moving forward in the face of obstacles. Whether your passion is puppy mills, feral cats, legislative change, or shelter reform, Defending the Defenseless will make us all better advocates on behalf of our animal friends. For anyone ready to take the next step to speak up and speak out for animals, your guidebook has arrived. (Maya Gupta Ph.D, executive director, Ahimsa House, Inc. )
Allie Phillips has crafted a thoughtful, refreshingly personal and comprehensive guide for anyone seeking to become more involved with helping the animals who share our world. Whether you are taking 'baby steps' in making humane life-style changes, getting involved with your local animal shelter, or taking the great leap into starting your own group to advocate for animals, this book provides hundreds of valuable tips to get you started, keep you focused and keep you sane while doing great things. This is a must read for all seeking to put caring into action. (Randall Lockwood Ph.D, Forensic Sciences and Anti-cruelty Projects, ASPCA )
In Defending the Defenseless, Allie Phillips provides a thorough and comprehensive overview and instruction of Trap-Neuter-Return, the program that benefits both cats and the community. We are a nation of animal lovers, and Phillips delivers valuable ideas for harnessing that love and putting it to work to protect animals. (Becky Robinson, Alley Cat Allies )
If you are new to animal advocacy, this book is much more than a how-to manual. It provides those yearning to make a difference for animals with both a roadmap and a call to action. It also reminds experienced advocates why they became involved in this gratifying yet emotionally demanding cause. (Beatrice M. Friedlander, Animals and Society Institute )
In Defending the Defenseless, Allie Phillips guides us through a vast spectrum of practical ways that all people, with varying levels of experience and involvement, can help protect companion animals. Through numerous motivating and inspiring examples, she demonstrates the power of individual action and encourages fostering a more compassionate world. Anyone who cares about animals should read this book and share it widely! (Meena Alagappan Esq., HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers) )
As an attorney, lobbyist, advocate and rescuer, Allie Phillips is unquestionably a pioneer of the animal welfare movement. She has laid out a very frank, personal account of what it can be like to maneuver around the intransigence of the management of some shelters, the ego and self-interest of some in the movement, and the entrenched economic and political interests that seemingly stonewall efforts to improve animal welfare. As a former prosecutor, she is not afraid to call prosecutors and law enforcement to task for not taking animal cruelty seriously, for failing to prosecute fully, or at all, in many instances. But Phillips also reminds us that improving animal welfare is a journey where everyone is welcome. If you want to get involved in helping animals, this book is a must read and an easy to follow "how to". (Laura Allen Esq., Animal Law Coalition )
Defending the Defenseless: A Guide to Protecting and Advocating for Pets is a guide for those who want to speak up for these struggling creatures who may be facing abuse by their owners or others.... Defending the Defenseless is a good guide to getting involved for those who want to make a difference.
(Midwest Book Review )
(Library Journal )
In this detailed how-to book, which addresses every imaginable aspect of animal advocacy, there's no denying that attorney and animal rights advocate Phillips knows her stuff. Phillips encourages readers to become part of the solution through a variety of advocacy techniques, even breaking out activities by age group for kids, including specific activities for middle school students (building a wildlife feeder) or high school students (constructing a dog house). On the business side, Phillips identifies attorneys who are making a difference in pet advocacy as well as successful lobbyists, and provides contact names and states for individuals in each group. Straightforward and well-organized....the book would be the perfect textbook or reference for a college class or community outreach program.
(Publishers Weekly )
Defending the Defenseless is for anyone who wants to join a growing crusade to bring animal protection to its rightful place in a civilized society. This book guides readers through the variety of ways they can help companion animals and offers practical tips to get involved, from donating money to volunteering at animal shelters, from opposing animal experimentation to raising children to protect animals. Phillips shares her own personal experiences protecting animals, which she describes as 'some involve outrageous joy, and others involve life-altering devastation.'
(ForeWord Reviews )
Animals in need: with every new crisis in the animal community, the desire to bring about change can be overwhelming. But where does one start? Allie Phillips—author, attorney, advocate for animals and someone with an almost unbelievable ability to implement change on the ground—has written a highly useful guide to getting involved. Phillips begins with the basics of volunteer work, then quickly moves into more informative territory, including explanations of the essential language (e.g., do you support rights or animal welfare?), opportunities in public education, how to help feral cats, animal transport, lobbying, emergency preparedness and models of best practices around the country, among other issues. Phillips writes with confidence and conviction, and offers a steady hand to the hesitant advocate.
(Bark Magazine )
This book is at once a how-to manual and an inspirational piece. Drawing on her own journey to becoming an animal advocate, Allie shares her encyclopedic knowledge of the animal protection field to give us practical advice on how to get involved-and how to keep moving forward in the face of obstacles. Whether your passion is puppy mills, feral cats, legislative change, or shelter reform, Defending the Defenseless will make us all better advocates on behalf of our animal friends. For anyone ready to take the next step to speak up and speak out for animals, your guidebook has arrived. (Maya Gupta Ph.D, executive director, Ahimsa House, Inc. )
Allie Phillips has crafted a thoughtful, refreshingly personal and comprehensive guide for anyone seeking to become more involved with helping the animals who share our world. Whether you are taking 'baby steps' in making humane life-style changes, getting involved with your local animal shelter, or taking the great leap into starting your own group to advocate for animals, this book provides hundreds of valuable tips to get you started, keep you focused and keep you sane while doing great things. This is a must read for all seeking to put caring into action. (Randall Lockwood Ph.D, Forensic Sciences and Anti-cruelty Projects, ASPCA )
In Defending the Defenseless, Allie Phillips provides a thorough and comprehensive overview and instruction of Trap-Neuter-Return, the program that benefits both cats and the community. We are a nation of animal lovers, and Phillips delivers valuable ideas for harnessing that love and putting it to work to protect animals. (Becky Robinson, Alley Cat Allies )
If you are new to animal advocacy, this book is much more than a how-to manual. It provides those yearning to make a difference for animals with both a roadmap and a call to action. It also reminds experienced advocates why they became involved in this gratifying yet emotionally demanding cause. (Beatrice M. Friedlander, Animals and Society Institute )
In Defending the Defenseless, Allie Phillips guides us through a vast spectrum of practical ways that all people, with varying levels of experience and involvement, can help protect companion animals. Through numerous motivating and inspiring examples, she demonstrates the power of individual action and encourages fostering a more compassionate world. Anyone who cares about animals should read this book and share it widely! (Meena Alagappan Esq., HEART (Humane Education Advocates Reaching Teachers) )
As an attorney, lobbyist, advocate and rescuer, Allie Phillips is unquestionably a pioneer of the animal welfare movement. She has laid out a very frank, personal account of what it can be like to maneuver around the intransigence of the management of some shelters, the ego and self-interest of some in the movement, and the entrenched economic and political interests that seemingly stonewall efforts to improve animal welfare. As a former prosecutor, she is not afraid to call prosecutors and law enforcement to task for not taking animal cruelty seriously, for failing to prosecute fully, or at all, in many instances. But Phillips also reminds us that improving animal welfare is a journey where everyone is welcome. If you want to get involved in helping animals, this book is a must read and an easy to follow "how to". (Laura Allen Esq., Animal Law Coalition )
Defending the Defenseless: A Guide to Protecting and Advocating for Pets is a guide for those who want to speak up for these struggling creatures who may be facing abuse by their owners or others.... Defending the Defenseless is a good guide to getting involved for those who want to make a difference.
(Midwest Book Review )
About the Author
Allie Phillips is an author, attorney and advocate for the protection of animals and vulnerable victims. She is a former prosecuting attorney who has worked for the National District Attorneys Association where she launched the National Center for Prosecution of Animal Abuse. She was previously employed with American Humane Association as the Vice President of Public Policy and Vice President of Human-Animal Strategic Initiatives. Allie is a nationally-recognized expert on issues involving animal protection and advocacy. She is a volunteer with King Street Cats (Alexandria, VA) and Vice President of No Paws Left Behind. She co-founded Michiganders for Shelter Pets, is a council member of the Michigan State Bar Animal Law Section, on the steering committee of the National Link Coalition, and a Practitioner Member of the Shelter Animal Reiki Association. To learn more, please visit www.alliephillips.com.
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Allie Phillips is a former prosecuting attorney who turned her love of animals into a mission to protect them. As the former Vice President of Public Policy and Human-Animal Strategic Initiatives for American Humane Association, she has lobbied for better animal protection laws and created national initiatives to help animals (such as the Sheltering Animals & Families Together (SAF-T) Program, formerly the Pets and Women's Shelters (PAWS) Program). As Director of the National Center for Prosecution of Animal Abuse at the National District Attorneys Association, she trains criminal justice professionals about the importance of taking animal cruelty seriously. And at a personal level, she volunteers in shelters and opens her home to care for and re-home homeless cats. Allie is dedicated to being a vocal advocate for the protection of animals and empowering others to join the movement. Check out her website at www.alliephillips.com.
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Format:Hardcover
For years--I hate to admit, it is more like decades--I have wanted to become more involved with animal advocacy. I felt overwhelmed about what options were available and where to begin. Defending the Defenseless has been so helpful in offering advice and acting as a "mentor" to me. Allie Phillips is very knowledgeable and speaks from vast experience. She truly cares about the cause and is very reachable via social media.
This book helps everyone interested in animal advocacy--from people who simply want to learn more about the causes involved, to people who are interested in working directly with animals. I hate to say that a book is "life changing," as it sounds so cliched, but in this case, it is true. This book has definitely helped me in choosing my direction! Thank you, Allie for this wonderful book!
This book helps everyone interested in animal advocacy--from people who simply want to learn more about the causes involved, to people who are interested in working directly with animals. I hate to say that a book is "life changing," as it sounds so cliched, but in this case, it is true. This book has definitely helped me in choosing my direction! Thank you, Allie for this wonderful book!
By Boston Kitty
Format:Hardcover
Got this book at a silent auction, and I couldn't be more delighted. Allie is a gifted writer, and she knows her stuff. The material in the book is not only inspiring, it is practicable and provides you concrete ways to start doing something TODAY. This is a great gift for anyone who is always talking about doing more, but is not sure how to do more. And it is a must-have resource for anyone in the world of working to improve the lives of animals.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Whether you are new to the field or not this book will help you help animals
June 1, 2012
Format:Hardcover
This book clears a path for everyone to move to a new level in their efforts to make a difference regardless of how long they have been involved in helping animals. A must read for those new to animal advocacy and a valuable addition to the library of those who have spent a lifetime advocating for animals.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you love your pets, this is a great read!
I loved this book so much I had to have Allie as a guest on The Real Dr Doolittle Podcast Show With Val Heart. Allie Phillips is so passionate about helping abused animals. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Val Heart
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If You Really Want To Make A Difference
Defending the Defenseless, by Allie Phillips, offers a well written and researched roadmap for getting involved in animal advocacy. Read more
Published 15 months ago by ToughPixie
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great guide for anyone who wants to help comapnion animals
I reviewed this book for the radio show, Animals Today, with Dr. Lori Kirshner. Long time animal advocate and attorney Allie Phillips has written a fantastic guide for anyone who... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Peter
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