Robert Garner is Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester. His books include Animals, Politics and Morality (1993 and 2004), Animal Rights: The Changing Debate (1996), Political Animals: Animal Protection Politics in the USA and the UK (1998), Animal Ethics (2005), The Political Theory of Animal Rights (2005), The Animal Rights Debate (with Gary Francione, 2010) and A Theory of Justice for Animals (2013).

Introduction
1. Animal ethics
2. Radicalism and revival; the animal protection movement since the 1970s
3. Captives, companions and the law
4. Animal agriculture
5. Animals, medical science and consumer protection
6. Wildlife conservation
7. Animal protection and public policy
8. Animal liberation and direct action
Conclusion

This is an extensively re-written, comprehensive and up-to-date second edition of a well-regarded and much cited text on the politics and philosophy of animal protection.