Rattling the cage : toward legal rights for animals / Steven M. Wise ; foreword by Jane Goodall.

Cambridge, Mass. : Perseus Books, [2000], ©2000.

xvi, 362 pages ; 24 cm

"A Merloyd Lawrence book"

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Jane Goodall -- Acknowledgements -- 1. The problem with being a thing -- 2. Trapped in a universe that no longer exists -- 3. The legal thinghood of nonhuman animals -- 4. Border crossings -- 5. What are legal rights? -- 6. Liberty and equality -- 7. The common law -- 8. Consciousness, taxonomy, and minds -- 9. Seasons of the mind -- 10. Chimpanzee and bonobo minds -- 11. Bending toward justice -- 12. Epilogue: other cages, other peaks -- Notes -- About the author -- Index.