In frank and hard-hitting terms which are certain to generate controversy, the author points to animal abusers, such as those who participate in “canned hunts”—exotic safaris or local hunts which are nothing more than slaughter and require no skill, effort or risk on the part of the “mighty hunters”--or those who needlessly torture lab animals in useless and repetitive experiments.
With warmth and rationality, he makes the case for the decent and humane treatment of all animals, whether they are pet partners, like his neighbor’s blind cat, saved from euthanasia at a shelter; a lost mother duck and her ducklings rescued along a dangerous highway and taken to a city pond; a turtle attempting to cross a treacherous road; a calf imprisoned in a factory farm; a mother elephant blinded by a shotgun and trying desperately to care for her baby; a fish caught by a sportsman and returned to the water to swim again; or a deer trapped in the hunter’s sights.
Beautifully illustrated with drawings by Mr. Julian’s daughter, Elizabeth Julian-Tuggle, For the Love of Animals is a warm and engaging book which points to needed reforms, but also dwells on inspiring cases of kindness and lists the positive steps which can be taken by individuals to make a difference in animal care and treatment.
