Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy

In the Book of Genesis, God grants mankind "dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth." With that dominion, contends reporter Matthew Scully, comes the responsibility to treat animals with kindness. Moving from biblical injunction to torture-filled factory farms, he argues that we have violated logical reasoning and ethical conduct by treating other sentient beings as efficiently processed production units. Passionate, controversial, and contentious, Dominion could become the most influential book on animal protection in decades.