FEATURED AUTHOR: JULIE LEWTIN
AUTHOR OF: GET POLITICAL FOR ANIMALS
and Win the Laws They Need
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Local and state laws to protect animals are primitive and poorly enforced. I want that to change, and it can! The time and energy that advocates expend in their pursuit is wasted because they don’t know the basis for wielding power in the lawmaking arena. The animals pay the tragic price. Animals can get strong laws and enforcement, but only if advocates form political organizations that endorse candidates in their towns, cities, counties, and states. I wrote the book to convince advocates to embrace the political and show them how to do it. It’s a comprehensive, how-to manual that, fortunately, receives amazing praise. I want to create a mini-revolution in how animal advocacy is pursued. |
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FEATURED AUTHOR: LISA PRESTON
AUTHOR OF: Natural Healing for Cats,
Dogs, Horses, and Other Animals
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Animals have always held my interest, and caring well for them naturally follows. I like medicine in general and physiology in particular. I like to know where ideas come from, so the book reports on the founding of so many alternatives. I’m interested in how things—bodies, minds, training issues, whatever—work. I’ve read countless books on dog care and have not found a guide like this available. Most books cover one or two dozen alternative treatments for our animals, and they tended to take a position of being either for or against alternatives. I wanted a fair, comprehensive study, so I ended up doing that study and writing the book. |
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FEATURED AUTHOR: JIM GORANT
AUTHOR OF: THE LOST DOGS
Michael Vick’s Dogs and Their Tale of Rescue and Redemption
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It was a chance encounter. I came across a small article in the summer of 2008 that mentioned the dogs were being rehabilitated and put up for adoption. I wondered how you rehabilitated fighting dogs and would they be placed in home with other dogs and kids? Also, where had they been all this time (the initial raid took place in April 2007)? I started looking into it and the more I did, the more fascinating the whole thing became. I wrote an article for Sports Illustrated about it and the article turned into the book. |
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The Power of Wagging Tails: A Doctor’s Guide to Dog Therapy and Healing,
By Dawn A. Marcus, MD
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Doctors know a lot: how your body’s put together, how the mind and body influence each other, and how to fight many diseases. I got my best education about how to really connect with patients by holding the end of my soft-coated Wheaten Terrier therapy dog’s leash. He offers no sentiments, advice, or explanations. By simply reveling in the moment of connecting with a stranger, he produces profound transformations more powerful than most pills can achieve. I may have the title and initials after my name, but my therapy dogs are truly the experts connecting with people in need. They take away fears, stress, and sadness with a seemingly simple smile, thoughtful gaze, and wagging tail. |
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Pit Bulls: Villains or Victims? by Blair Boucher
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Discrimination is still legal in this country. And according to Blair Boucher, breed-specific legislation (BSL) is widely accepted by many areas. Boucher explains, “One fact that I think many people fail to acknowledge—and that Pit Bulls: Villains or Victims? drives home—is that both the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) have long warned against breed-specific legislation.” She goes on to call BSL an irresponsible approach that will not create safer communities. Further, Boucher says that standing up against the severe abuse of Pit Bulls and taking a rational and humane approach to safer communities were her motivations for writing this book. |
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Chow Hounds by Dr. Ernest Ward, Jr.
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"Dogs are more like us than we may realize. Not only do they share our love for food, but just like us, they are at risk for obesity. In fact, obesity affects more than 50 percent of this country’s canine companions, which significantly increases their risk of developing heart disease, arthritis, and thereby decreasing their expected lifespan†says Dr. Ernest Ward, Jr. |
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