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book fpo 		Healing Animals And The Vision Of One Health CreateSpace, 2011
Publisher: CreateSpace.
Edition: 2011 Hardback, 263 pages

Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781461150282

Summary:
   This unique book is by an Honor Roll Member of the American Veterinary Medical Association with doctoral degrees in medicine and animal behavior. Dr. Fox is a nationally syndicated newspaper column Animal Doctor, and has a lifetime’s experience working in animal health, welfare and environmental protection, including agricultural and food safety and public health. This iconoclastic book will empower readers with the basic principles of integrative medicine and health-care maintenance based on the Four Pillars of holistic health and well-being. Critical issues such as nutrition, epigenetics and vaccination protocols, and other controversial topics from de-clawing of cats and genetic defects in pure breed dogs, to in-home chemical hazards and the genetic engineering and commoditization of life are addressed in detail. The well-being of animals, wild and domesticated, and the health of the natural environment are inseparable from the health and well-being, and ultimate fate of our own kith and kin. Human Health and Well-being = Animal Health and Well-being + Environmental Health. Revolution is Evolution!
CONTENTS:
  

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1 Early Experiences, Enduring Connections

Chapter 2 A Veterinarian’s personal Manifesto

Chapter 3 How Animals Suffer Around the World

Chapter 4 Harm and Be Harmed

Chapter 5 The ‘One Medicine:’ Veterinary Bioethics and Planetary Health

Chapter 6 Conflicts of Interest in the Veterinary Profession and the Origin of ‘Man-made’ Dog and Cat Diseases

Chapter 7 What Real Health Care Reform Entails: Animal and Environmental Protection, Food Safety, Security and Quality

Chapter 8 The Tripartite Nature of Integrative (Holistic) Medicine

Chapter 9 Agriculture or ‘Agricide’ and the Global FDA—Food-Drug and Agribusiness Complex

Chapter 10 Genetic Engineering and Cloning in Animal Agriculture: Bioethical and Food Safety Concerns

Chapter 11 Genetic Chaos? GE Ingredients in Pet Foods, Livestock Feed and Human Foods and Beverages—Consumer Beware!

Chapter 12 The Bioethics and Politics of Manufactured Pet Foods

Chapter 13 Why Most Manufactured Pet Foods Should Not Be Fed to Dogs and Cats

Chapter 14 Genetically Engineered and Modified Live Virus Vaccines:Public Health and Animal Welfare Concerns

Chapter 15 Animal Welfare and Human Health:Changing Ways in Medicine and Food

Chapter 16 Wildlife Conservation, Animal Protection and Human Well-being: An Essential Unity

Chapter 17 The ‘Greening’ of Animal and Human Medicine Revisioning Disease: Nature-Nurture Co-factors

Chapter 18 Healing and the Vision of One Health Addenda Ethology and Bioethics. The Euthanasia Question. Unwarranted Surgical Alterations of Companion Animals. Concerning Puppy and Kitten Breeding Mills. Concerning the Outdoor Chaining/Tethering of Dogs. A Response to the Bateson Independent Inquiry into Dog Breeding in the U.K. Cloning Dogs and Cats. Behavioral Problems and Drug Solutions: A Last Resort. Pharmaceutical Cruelty Down Factory Pig Farm. Mammon Versus Civil Society

Endnotes and References
One Reviewer’s Statement:
  

DR MICHAEL W FOX is a national treasure. In his latest book he moves through a wide scope of worldwide plight of animals wild and domestic. He allows his readers inside his heart and mind, and this is the heart of a healer in every sense of the word. They will smile in remembrance, cry is sympathy and share anger at things unjust, but mostly they will awaken their inner voices and hopefully listen more to that Truth that resides in every sentient Being, for it is that which makes us civilized, happy and truly prosperous. RICHARD PALMQUIST, DVM, Chief of Integrative Veterinary Health Services, Centinela Animal Hospital, President-elect and research chair, AHVMA

Author of Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

Dr.Michael W. Fox Veterinarian, bioethicist, and syndicated columnist. website www.drfoxvet.com/info
  
   
Praise for Healing Animals & the Vision of One Health:
  Dr Michael W Fox is a national treasure. In his latest book he moves through a wide scope of worldwide plight of animals wild and domestic. He allows his readers inside his heart and mind, and this is the heart of a healer in every sense of the word. They will smile in remembrance, cry is sympathy and share anger at things unjust, but mostly they will awaken their inner voices and hopefully listen more to that Truth that resides in every sentient Being, for it is that which makes us civilized, happy and truly prosperous.
Richard Palmquist, DVM, Chief of Integrative Veterinary Health Services, Centinela Animal Hospital, President-elect and research chair, AHVMA Author of Integrating Complementary Medicine into Veterinary Practice

Healing Animals will rock your conceptual world. It is the end all be all Book … no further reading is required for an instant shift in ones consciousness with regards to how animals and the earth are viewed, experienced and treated. It is a must read for all veterinarians, healers and animal care givers.
Dr. Bob and Susan Goldstein, Authors of The Wellness and Longevity Program for Dogs and Cats

After almost two decades practicing veterinary medicine, I am still learning how to muscle through times of despair, those days I lose more lives than I save, and Dr. Fox’s new book, Healing Animals, will help to fortify the healer within all of us. Dr. Fox uses research and his unique perspective working in developing countries to point out numerous ethical dilemmas facing our profession: Overdependence on corporate profit margins has eroded quality animal husbandry and compassionate care. Through this book, we learn the problems of agribusiness, vaccination, and commercial pet and livestock food as well as solutions, such as consuming less meat, control of genetically modified food and the importance of eating organic. Thank you Dr Fox for injecting a bit of hybrid vigor into our practices and reminding us that we will always have the most important aspect of being compassionate veterinarians—our ability to discern and dissect the truth and keep a critical eye on the origin of information.
Donna Kelleher, DVM, Author of The Last Chance Dog

Dr. Michael Fox has done it again. Dr. Fox has always been a role model for me, both as an animal behaviorist and a pioneer in holistic, integrative veterinary medicine. His new book is a pinnacle of his career. He dares to speak the truth about human animal relations and its implications for the 21st century. Kudos to Dr. Fox for sharing his wisdom and insights in a heartfelt, professional book that will touch animal lovers and stimulate them to action throughout the world.
Allen M. Schoen, MS, DVM, Author of Kindred Spirits

As I read this book I found remarkable parallels with my own life – like Michael Fox I loved ponds when a child (and almost drowned in one). I also had a burning desire to work with animals. I too trained at the Royal Veterinary College, London, and, like Michael, I left conventional veterinary medicine to pursue a different veterinary track. In my case it was to specialize in natural therapies such as homeopathy and acupuncture. In Michael’s case, it has been a career of work with animal protection and welfare.
  This book is a distillation of his lifetime’s work with animals. Dr. Fox reveals the suffering animals endure at the hand of humans, explains the interconnectedness of humans and animals with each other and with the world itself, and details the many ways in which science and agribusiness is causing damage and destruction to farm animals and crops, to pets, to humans and to the earth itself.
  It is a thought provoking book, one which will make anyone who reads it more aware of the existing and potential risks to us, our animals and our environment, and the need to take action before it is too late.
Richard Allport, BVetMed, VetMFHom, MRCVS
The Natural Medicine Centre, Potters Bar, Herts, England

I have had the pleasure of knowing the author for several decades as we’ve traversed parallel yet different paths focused on the health and well-being of all sentient beings. We both graduated within two years of each other, Michael in the UK, myself in Canada.
  This manuscript is heartfelt and offers important yet painful sorties into the myriad complexities of our “modern” world. It is a cautionary tale, which charts our path through the choppy waters of commercialism, commoditization, and exploitation on the world platform. Some would call this progressive, others see it as a disaster in the making.
  The first important message of this manuscript is: “Human Well-being means Health Care People Care + Animal Care + Earth Care.” Following that comes discussion and ranking of animal suffering worldwide. Powerful words follow in “those qualities or virtues that makes us human – humility, compassion and selfless benevolence—will continue to be crushed by the arrogance, ignorance and selfishness of our species.” Next we have “reducing animal consumption: a bioethical imperative,” as “The singularly most damaging environmental footprint upon this planet is caused by our collectively costly and damaging appetite for meat.” He further states that “The incorporation of cloned and transgenic farm animals into conventional, industrial agriculture is ethically, economically and environmentally unacceptable.” Chapters addressing conflicts in the veterinary profession, the tripartite nature of holistic medicine, the genetic engineering and cloning of animals, and documented concerns about many manufactured pet foods are exceptionally compelling. Bravo, my friend!
W. Jean Dodds, DVM
Hemopet/Hemolife, Garden Grove CA
     
  Books out of print but available on ww.amazon.com  
  AGRICIDE: THE HIDDEN FARM AND FOOD CRISIS THAT AFFECTS US ALL (revised edition 1996) R.E. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida  
  THE SOUL OF THE WOLF (reprint edition 1992) Lyons & Burford, New York  
  UNDERSTANDING YOUR CAT (revised edition 1992) St. Martin's Press, New York  
  YOU CAN SAVE THE ANIMALS (1991) St. Martin's Press, New York  
  SUPERDOG (1990) Howell Books, New York  
  INHUMANE SOCIETY: THE AMERICAN WAY OF EXPLOITING ANIMALS (1990) St Martin's Press, NY  
  BETWEEN ANIMAL AND MAN: THE KEY TO THE KINGDOM (reprint edition 1986) Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida
 
  BEHAVIOR OF WOLVES, DOGS, AND RELATED CANIDS (reprint edition 1984)Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida
 		 
  ONE EARTH, ONE MIND (reprint edition 1984) Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida  
  FARM ANIMALS: HUSBANDRY, BEHAVIOR AND VETERINARY PRACTICE (1983) University Press, Baltimore, Maryland  
  HOW TO BE YOUR PET'S BEST FRIEND (1981) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  RETURNING TO EDEN: ANIMAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY (1980)Viking Press, New York  
  UNDERSTANDING YOUR PET (1978) Coward, McCann and Geoghegan, New York
 		 
  CANINE BEHAVIOR (reprint edition 1972) Charles C. Thomas Publishing, Springfield, Illinois  
  INTEGRATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR IN THE DOG (1971)University of Chicago Press  
  CANINE PEDIATRICS (1966) Charles C. Thomas Publishing, Springfield, Illinois  
     
  Editor of:  
  ADVANCES IN ANIMAL WELFARE SCIENCE (annual series 1984-1987) Martinus  Nijhoff in Holland, and The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC  
  THE DOG: ITS DOMESTICATION AND BEHAVIOR (reprint edition 1987)  Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida  
  THE WILD CANIDS (reprint edition 1983) Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, Florida  
  ON THE FIFTH DAY: ANIMAL RIGHTS AND HUMAN ETHICS (1977) AcropolisPress, Washington, DC (With R. K. Morris)  
  READINGS IN ETHOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY (1973) Brooks/Cole, California  
  ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR IN ANIMALS (1968) Saunders, Philadelphia  
     
  Children’s Books:  
  ANIMALS HAVE RIGHTS TOO (1991) Crossroads/Continuum, New York  
  THE WAY OF THE DOLPHIN (1981) Acropolis Books, Washington, DC  
  THE TOUCHLINGS (1981) Acropolis Books, Washington, DC  
  LESSONS FROM NATURE: FOX'S FABLES (1980) Acropolis, Washington, DC  
  WHITEPAWS: A COYOTE-DOG (1979) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  WILD DOGS THREE (1977) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  WHAT IS YOUR CAT SAYING? (1977) M. W. Fox and Wende Devlin Gates, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  RAMU AND CHENNAI* (1975) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  SUNDANCE COYOTE** (1974) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  THE WOLF*** (1973) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
  VIXIE, THE STORY OF A LITTLE FOX (1973) Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, New York  
 

* Best Science Book Award, National Teachers' Association

  
 

** Nominee for Mark Twain Award

  
  *** Christopher Award for children's literature  
     
 

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