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.

—Christian Science Monitor

Midgley demolishes some of the most frequently heard arguments against the protection of animals.

—New York Review of Books

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.

—Smithsonian

Her treatment of vegetarianism and her treatment of the question of women's rights as a parallel to animals' rights are brilliant.

—Frederick Ferré, author of Philosophy of Technology