Primate People: Saving Nonhuman Primates through Education, Advocacy, and Sanctuary - Softcover

"Primate People is written in an easy and concise manner for public consumption and thus is an effective tool for drawing much-needed attention to the use of primates in laboratories and the immense work of caring for them in sanctuaries."--Conservation Biology "A significant contribution to the field of critical animal studies . . . but also to environmental ethics, law, biology, cognitive ethology, philosophy, and the social sciences. A useful and moving book."--Carol Gigliotti, editor of Leonardo's Choice: Genetic Technologies and Animals "Collectively, these essays are an urgent call to action for humans, since it is our greed and indifference that have pushed nonhuman primates into this rapid rate of extinction. Strongly recommended for general readers interested in primate conservation and the ethical issues surrounding the human exploitation of primates."--Library Journal "Collectively, these essays are an urgent call to action for humans, since it is our greed and indifference that have pushed nonhuman primates into this rapid rate of extinction. Strongly recommended for general readers interested in primate conservation and the ethical issues surrounding the human exploitation of primates."--"Library Journal" "A significant contribution to the field of critical animal studies . . . but also to environmental ethics, law, biology, cognitive ethology, philosophy, and the social sciences. A useful and moving book."--Carol Gigliotti, editor of "Leonardo's Choice: Genetic Technologies and Animals"

This thought-provoking collection sheds light on the plight of our nonhuman primate cousins--and what we can do to help