Senior Project Book Source

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	Animals Matter
Author(s) or Editor	Marc Bekoff
Publisher	Shambhala Publications Inc.
Year of Publication	2007
City of Publication	Boston
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):	Print
Eddition if indicated:

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): A study found that in the United States money spent on pets more than doubled from, "$17 billion in 1994 to about $35.9 billion in 2005"(15).

While discussing many acts of animal cruelty, the book states, "government workers kill numerous animals"(13). One example is the, "Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service "recreationally shoot"  and kill prairie dogs in order to control populations"(13) of these animals.

A program that is involved with the fate of animals is the, "First Strike, run by the Humane Society of the United States, devoted to raising awareness about the relationship between cruelty to animals and human violence"(15).

Many people make decisions for their animals because, "the animals themselves have no say in these decisions"(82).

One example that has received much publicity is, "the use of animals' bodies to provide fur for clothing and accessories"(128).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 


Marc Bekoff is a biologist who explains why we should treat animals with compassion and respect. In his book, Animals Matter, he discusses the many different forms of animal cruelty. Also, he provides possible questions about animals that people may be considering when deciding to form an act of cruelty or not. Bekoff relates animals to humans and clearly shows why we should protect our pets and stay true to our animals.  


Credibility of Source: 
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor. 


The author is Marc Bekoff who is a biologist that has had experience with animals. 

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 


The author wrote the book to inform society, but also, most likely, received money for his book and publication.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

There is no true bias in the author's writing besides the fact that he is completely against animal cruelty and some of the industries that conduct cruelty to animals in many different ways.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

There are references cited in his writing and he refers to organizations and industries dealing with animal cruelty. These add to the authors credibility.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 
I plan to use this source in helping me write the personal viewpoint of the issue in my essay. I agree with Marc Bekoff in many ways and it will help me discuss the reasons of why humans should prevent animal abuse and ways in how we can do that.