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"This is one of those rare books that are deeply troubling in the best sense of the word, intellectually and ethically.  It puts on trial a part of our human self-image that has made us less noble than we wish to be."
-Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University

"An extraordinary book, beautifully written, and carefully reasoned.  It is every law school teacher's hope that a former student will write a book like this one - original, cogently argued and compassionate.  Steven Wise's lifetime work of protecting and pursuing animal rights informs every page of this compelling book, just as his keep analytical mind puts the fundamental issues to us in a way we cannot ignore."
-Daniel Coquillette, former Dean of Boston College Law School

"A marvelous book, so thoroughly researched and so totally convincing.  It is the most compelling argument of its kind to support what many of us already believe, that animals cannot be treated as "things" but should be recognized as sentient beings to which we must apply the moral principles we so blindly reserve for our own species.  It's hard to think of a better book to guide our treatment of animals in the new century."
-Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs

"Steven Wise is thoroughly prepared, educated and competent to define a rational and moral and ethical legal relationship between humans and the great apes."
-E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh and Duane M. Rumbaugh, Georgia State University

"Steven Wise has written a path-breaking book that makes it impossible to continue thinking of animals as mere property.  He has shown the way forward, out of the cage in which the law has placed animals.  Every lawyer, every judge and every legislator should read this book."
-Peter Singer, Princeton University

"The perfect person to write this book."
-Roger Fouts, author of The Next of Kin

 

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