6 Vegbooks reviews tagged Animal Exploitation.
Moon Bear is a great pick for three reasons. First, this picture book will grow with kids. The text is simple enough to engage young children, but the endnotes will interest older ones who are reading themselves.…
Tags: Animal ExploitationAsiaBrenda Z. GuibersonEarly ElementaryEd YoungHumane EducationIllustrationMoon BearsNatural HistoryPicture BooksPreschoolersWildlifeWildlife Books for Kids
They are the most striking animals. Their scaly legs and feet remind of us their distant relatives, the long extinct dinosaurs. Their bright red combs and wattles mesmerize, as do their beaks, wings and curious…
Tags: Animal EmotionAnimal ExploitationAnimal RescueAnnie WongCarolyn M. MullinChickensCompassionEarly ElementaryFarmed AnimalsYvonne M. Backman
Poor Hezekiah! This Bactrian camel gent spends his days in a British zoo, very lonely indeed. The hairy fellow spends much of his time talking to himself, or to his keepers, who do not understand a word he utters.…
Tags: Animal ExploitationCamelsCaptive WildlifeDick King-SmithEarly ElementaryEnglandInterspecies FriendshipJennifer GannettNick BruelWild Animals in CaptivityZoos
I love Pele’s Forever Home, and the fact that it’s a true story about an important issue makes me love it even more. The story focuses on Pele, a greyhound who was born into the cruel world of dog racing, where…
Tags: Animal ExploitationCompanion AnimalsDarylynn AyalaDog RacingDogsEarly ElementaryGreyhoundsJon RothenbergRobyn Moore
Buffalo Music, a fictionalized account the life of Mary Ann Goodnight, chronicles the deeply disturbing annihilation of the American buffalo from the perspective of the woman credited with helping save the species…
Tags: Animal ExploitationBuffaloEarly ElementaryHistoryJennifer GannettMary Ann GoodnightWildlife RehabilitationYellowstone
They’re magnificent and majestic, generally easy going and easily taken advantage of. As large and as intimidating as they once were, whales have come a long way in our cultural and societal portrayals and…
Tags: Animal Exploitationanimal intelligenceBiologyCarolyn M. MullinCharles SiebertMarine AnimalsMarine MammalsMoralityOlder ElementaryWhalesWhaling