| Foreword | 12 |
| Introduction | 15 |
| Chapter 1 | The Early Humane Movement | |
| 1 | If Humans Have Rights, Animals Have Rights | 28 |
| 2 | Animal Experimentation Is Cruel to Animals and to Human Beings | 35 |
| 3 | The Rise of Legal Protection for Animals | 42 |
| 4 | Experiments on Animals Are Justified | 51 |
| Chapter 2 | Philosophical Debates over Animal Rights | |
| 1 | A Moral Protest Is Born | 61 |
| 2 | Equality for Animals | 72 |
| 3 | Humans Should Be Biased Toward Humans | 82 |
| 4 | Animals Have Inherent Value | 87 |
| 5 | Animal Rights Are Weaker than Human Rights | 100 |
| 6 | Animals Feel Pleasure and Pain | 109 |
| 7 | Animal Rights Are Easy to Recognize but Hard to Respect | 119 |
| Chapter 3 | Animal Rights Activism | |
| 1 | The Public Debate over Animal Experimentation | 134 |
| 2 | An Animal Rights Platform | 146 |
| 3 | Extreme Tactics Have Saved Countless Animals | 150 |
| 4 | Illegal Tactics in Defense of Animals Are Sometimes Justified | 161 |
| 5 | The Use of Violence in Support of Animal Rights Is Wrong | 168 |
| 6 | Animal Rights Terrorism | 173 |
| Chapter 4 | Animal Rights and Scientific Progress | |
| 1 | Scientists Have Responded by Using Fewer Animals | 179 |
| 2 | The Benefits of Animal Research Are Worth the Cost | 189 |
| 3 | Science Helping Animals | 195 |
| Chronology | 201 |
| Organizations to Contact | 206 |
| For Further Research | 211 |
| Index | 215 |
