I found this one of the deeper and well thought out books on animal issues that I have read. This isn't a book exposing the conditions of animals in laboratories or in confined animal feeding operations. If you have read other animal issues literature, it seems likely that you will find either re-thinking of old ideas or new ideas here. The book has gotten organized fairly well and it can get read in sections without too much loss of continuity of what it has to say.



Non-feminist readers need not worry that Hall cites various feminist authors. This isn't a book which emphasizes gender or emphasizes questionable comparisons between the condition of women and the conditions of non-human animals.



The section on meme sharing may get you to rethink how and what you share on social media. Or you might disagree with it rather strongly, but it seems likely that it will give you something to think about.



As I read this I posted some quotes and they were as follows:



"Genuine animal advocacy seeks to cultivate an attitude of respect, not cuddles."



"How crucial it is, then, to relay the message that animals, free animals, should exist, live, experience, thrive! How important it is for us to say not just what animals won't be, but who they *will* be in their oceans and rivers; in their air, on their tundra, and in their forests."