Animals' Rights Considered in Relation to Social Progress
by Henry Salt
About this book
In the book, Salt argues against the idea of speciesism, though the term was not coined for another 76 years. The book also argues against vivisection, misuse of horses and wild animals, hunting and fishing, and the fur trade, and in favor of vegetarianism. It is widely considered to be the first explicit treatment of the concept of animal rights. - Summary by Angus Taylor and James Hyslop
Chapters (16)
1The Principle of Animals’ Rights
2The Case of Domestic Animals
3The Case of Wild Animals
4The Slaughter of Animals for Food
5Sport, or Amateur Butchery
6Murderous Millinery
7Experimental Torture
8Lines of Reform
9Appendix 1: "The Term "Rights”
10Appendix 2: "The Neo-Cartesians"
11Appendix 3: "Motor Versus Horse"
12Appendix 4: "Zoological Gardens"
13Appendix 5: "Scientist and Sacerdotalist"
14Appendix 6: "The Confessions of a Physician"
15Appendix 7: "Antipathy or Sympathy?"
16Appendix 8: "The Animal Question and the Social Question"
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