{"product_id":"animalkind-remarkable-discoveries-about-animals-and-revolutionary-new-ways-to-show-them-compassion-9781501198557","title":"Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone explore the wonders of animal life with \"admiration and empathy\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand offer tools for living more kindly toward them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the last few decades, a wealth of new information has emerged about who animals are: astounding beings with intelligence, emotions, intricate communications networks, and myriad abilities. In \u003ci\u003eAnimalkind\u003c\/i\u003e, Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone present these findings in a concise and awe-inspiring way, detailing a range of surprising discoveries, like that geese fall in love and stay with a partner for life, that fish \"sing\" underwater, and that elephants use their trunks to send subsonic signals, alerting other herds to danger miles away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNewkirk and Stone pair their tour through the astounding lives of animals with a guide to the exciting new tools that allow humans to avoid using or abusing animals as we once did. Whether it's medicine, product testing, entertainment, clothing, or food, there are now better options to all the uses animals once served in human life. We can substitute warmer, lighter faux fleece for wool, choose vegan versions of everything from shrimp to marshmallows, reap the benefits of animal-free medical research, and scrap captive orca exhibits and elephant rides for virtual reality and animatronics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnimalkind \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a fascinating look at why our fellow living beings deserve our respect, and lays out the steps everyone can take to put this new understanding into action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIngrid Newkirk founded PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the largest animal rights organization in the world, with affiliates in eight countries, in 1980. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSave the Animals! 101 Things You Can Do\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKids Can Save the Animals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Compassionate Cook\u003c\/i\u003e, and several other books available in multiple languages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGene Stone has written, cowritten, or ghost-written more than forty-five books on a wide variety of subjects, including the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eForks Over Knives\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHow Not to Die\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiving the Farm Sanctuary Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Engine 2 Diet\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMayim Bialik, PhD, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the 1990s television sitcom \u003ci\u003eBlossom, \u003c\/i\u003e and she starred on the top-rated comedy \u003ci\u003eThe Big Bang Theory\u003c\/i\u003e. Bialik earned a BS from UCLA in 2000 in neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies, and a PhD in neuroscience from UCLA in 2007. She designed a neuroscience curriculum for homeschoolers in Southern California, where she also teaches middle and high school students. Married to her college sweetheart with two young sons, Bialik is also a Certified Lactation Education Counselor. Visit her at MayimBialik.net.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567694647570,"sku":"9781501198557","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61ab03c4-1691-4648-8f23-1ce7efd3c20c.jpg?v=1731926543","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/animalkind-remarkable-discoveries-about-animals-and-revolutionary-new-ways-to-show-them-compassion-9781501198557","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}