<p>This is a good and readable, though not easy, book, and it is written with such sincerity that it will force readers to consider more deeply the question of exactly what sort of rights animals—human beings included—have.</p>

- <i>Christian Science Monitor</i>,

<p>Midgley demolishes some of the most frequently heard arguments against the protection of animals.</p>

- <i>New York Review of Books</i>,

<p>Brings together two intellectual currents: an increased scientific understanding and public appreciation of animals, and an increasing tendency by philosophers to extend moral questions beyond the barrier of our own species.</p>

- <i>Smithsonian</i>,