Love That Cat [Abridged] [Audio Cassette]

Ingrid E. Newkirk (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002

How much do you love your cat? How much do you know about him or her? Test your kitty IQ with a fun, educational quiz on this cassette, which contains excerpts from Ingrid E. Newkirk’s popular book, 250 Ways to Make Your Cat Adore You, read by the author.

Newkirk provides invaluable information that every cat person needs to know, including how to detect some of the warning signs of illness, how to make your home cat-friendly, and much more. Resource guide included.

A wonderful resource for all those who want to care for cats in a responsible and loving manner, Love that Cat makes for a thoroughly informative listening experience. Available in audio and CD formats.

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About the Author

Ingrid Newkirk is the president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She is the author of The PETA Celebrity Cookbook, Free the Animals: The Amazing True Story of the Animal Liberation Front and You can Save the Animals: 251 Ways to Stop Thoughtless Cruelty. She lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Lantern Books; Abridged edition (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1590560418
• ISBN-13: 978-1590560419
• Product Dimensions: 4.1 x 2.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,535,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ingrid E. Newkirk, 56, author of the book Making Kind Choices (St. Martin's, January 2005), is founder and president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, the largest animal rights organization in the world.

Her campaigns to promote cruelty-free living have made the front pages of The Washington Post and other national newspapers. She was named a top business people of the year in Forbes magazine, and has been profiled in The New Yorker and twice in People Magazine. She has appeared on The Today Show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King, Politically Incorrect, Crossfire, Nightline, 60 Minutes and 20/20 among others and enjoys a lively debate and the opportunity to show how easy it is to make animal-friendly choices.

Newkirk has spoken internationally on animal protection issues, from the steps of the Canadian Parliament to the streets of New Delhi, India, where she spent her childhood. She is the author of numerous opinion pieces and articles on the social implications of our treatment of animals and helped to pass the first anti-cruelty law in Taiwan. She is currently campaigning to end the live flaying of lambs for Australian Merino wool.

Ms. Newkirk served as a deputy sheriff; as a Maryland state law enforcement officer for 32 years; she has been director of cruelty investigations for the second oldest humane society in the U.S.; and serves in an advisory capacity on numerous animal protection boards. In 1980, she was named Washingtonian of the Year, and has since received many other accolades and awards, including a 1995 Courage of Conscience Award, a 2001 Animal Protection Hall of Fame Award, 2002 Living Legacy Award and 2004 Activist of the Year Awards.

Ingrid Newkirk achieved the passage of legislation to create a spay/neuter clinic in Washington, D.C., coordinated the first arrest in U.S. history of a scientist on cruelty to animals charges and helped pass into law the first anti-cruelty law in Taiwan. She spearheaded the closure of Department of Defense underground 'wound laboratory,' and has initiated many other campaigns against animal abuse, including ending General Motors' crash tests on animals.

She is the author of several other books, including 'You Can Save the Animals!', 'PETA's Celebrity Cookbook' and '250 Ways to Make Your Cat Adore You.'