Changing the Game: Animal Liberation in the Twenty-First Century

Faced with the overwhelming wealth and power of the animal exploitation industries, animal activists are like. David trying to stand up to Goliath, But rather than following the unsuccessful strategies of the past, Phelps, proposes that we change the game by adopting David's strategy of refusing to play by Goliath's rules. Additional essays explore class and race in animal advocacy, the place of public policy vs. private morality in creating social change, and the unyielding barrier of human exceptionalism. Trenchant, wise, and deeply committed to the reduction of suffering and the liberation of animals, Changing the Game is sure to offer animal advocates much food for thought as the movement charts a way forward for all sentient beings.