Lab Animal Abuse: Vivisection Exposed! [Paperback]

Joseph Covino Jr. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 30, 1990 | ISBN-10: 0943283000 | ISBN-13: 978-0943283005 | Edition: 1st

Lab Animal Abuse: Vivisection Exposed!(1990)is a complete and comprehensive academic argument against the use(and abuse)of live animals in bio-medical and commercial laboratory experimentation and research.

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"There is a tremendous range of useful information and challenging thought in this work...."--Trisha Feuerstein -- Spectrum Review(November 27, 1990)

"his book....should be read by anyone who believes animal experimentation is being done for the good of humanity." -- Alley Cat Magazine, March 1993, by Gary Roen

....a daring and defiant look at vivisection, the then and now, the how and why, the bad and the worse. -- Aries Newsletter, V. #1, Jan. 1991.

About the Author

Joseph Covino Jr is a thoroughly creative, multi-genre novelist who resolutely repudiates pigeonholing--with no pretensions of ever becoming a pompous "author"--who devoutly aspires to stay solely a writer who writes epic, cinematic fiction capable of transporting his readers by sensory- and thought-provoking prose to other exciting, entertaining, enchanting, entrancing but untried and untrodden realities. His novels include the fabulous romantic-adventure fantasy, Arabian Nights Lost: Celestial Verses I & II, two parts of an intended trilogy, Frankenstein Resurrected, a literally soul-searching, retelling sequel to Mary Shelley's classic, and Edgar Allan Poe's San Francisco: Terror Tales of the City, a Poe-inspired psychological gothic horror suspense thriller. His scathing satire on political correctness is titled, Berkeley Bashed: Insider's Guide to the Backward, Barbaric, Butt-Ugly Bog. His concise but comprehensive health and fitness tract is a devoted tribute to the late great all-natural classic physique bodybuilding champion and filmdom's one and only Hercules, STEVE REEVES, titled Stay Fit(And Hot)For Life. His latest and newest title is Sexcapades by the Decades: The Twenties, a true, tell-all "sexploits" memoir paralleling the Eon Productions Ltd. releases of the James Bond 007 motion picture films written under the pseudonym of Dicky Galore. His long-term ambition is to write international political suspense thrillers combining writing with his lifelong interest in international relations. He wrote the political tracts...And War for All: The Pledge of Subjection and....And Survival For All: The Pledge of Peace. He began his fledgling writing career as a freelance journalist in Pensacola, Florida writing news stories and opinion columns for the Escambia County BEACON and the Pensacola VOICE. He learned hard news reporting in the school of journalism at the George Washington University in Washington, DC, where the university's School of Arts and Scienc

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Product Details

• Paperback: 534 pages
• Publisher: Epic Press; 1st edition (November 30, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943283000
• ISBN-13: 978-0943283005
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,164,890 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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JOSEPH COVINO JR is a creative multi-genre novelist and the on-demand publisher for EPIC PRESS books. He's also an all-natural classic physique physical culturist and practitioner of the health and fitness principles pioneered and perfected by champion world-class bodybuilder icon and filmdom's one and only original "Hercules": STEVE REEVES. An expert fitness trainer and consultant, he's certified by the American Council On Exercise(ACE), International Sports Sciences Association(ISSA), National Academy of Sports Medicine(NASM), National Council on Strength and Fitness(NCSF), National Federation of Personal Trainers(NFPT)and the National Strength and Conditioning Association(NSCA). Read excerpts of our titles at the Google Book Search Index as well as through Amazon.com's Search Inside program.

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This review is from: Lab Animal Abuse: Vivisection Exposed! (Paperback)

I must admit, I was ignorant of real animal abuse until I read Covino's detailed and thorough account of animal mistreatment and experimentation. Wow, what an eye opener!

Until I turned the pages of this comprehensive text, I relied on 20-20, Dateline, and other media to keep me informed about animal abuse. In addition, I would take heed from Bob Barker's words in his crusade to have fewer pets, no animal furs, etc. It all made good sense. And on occasion, I would also visit the local pet store and feel sorry for those neglected puppies trapped in a cage fit for a hamster. Yes that's animal neglect, but maybe just temporary until a good home is found. This book brings to the surface the consistent, if not sometimes permanent abuse of God's friendly animals. And they have no defense against the weapon of man's disregard for them.

The book also brings to light that the amount of animal abuse today is just staggering. I guess people forget animals have rights too. So who speaks for the cat, dog, mouse, or monkey that is subject to the daily doses of torture all in the interest of research? Simply no one. From the reading you'll get ideas what can be done to eliminate these painful laboratory experiments.

It's obvious Covino spent many months, if not years, in researching this subject. There are no exaggerations, false claims, or hypothetical theories in this well-written and lively text. It's all fact. Each chapter is footnoted with a comprehensive list of research that validates the animal victimization documented here.

I would like to see a PBS documentary based on the material in this book. (There's plenty of attention getting material to work with here.) Then maybe, just maybe, people would become more informed of animal abuse. True, the subject matter can be depressing and sad. But we should all be made aware of what many of God's animals have to endure on this earth. Read this excellent book and realize all creatures deserve their rights and their chance to serve their real purpose. Kudos to Joseph Covino, Jr. for bringing an important subject to our attention!