Constructing Animal Rights as a Social Threat

Since the mid-1970s, the U.S. animal rights movement
has grown in size and influence, all the while,
impacting animal use industries, consumers, business
practices, the law, and the nation s consciousness.
This book explores the response of animal use
stakeholders and their supporters to this growing and
persistent threat by examining the claims they have
made in the New York Times and in Congressional
hearings. The resulting analysis sheds light on the
variety of cl ...