PART I - A PHILOSOPHICAL PRELUDE

• CHAPTER 1: Philosophy and the Case for Animals / Angus Taylor 

PART II - THE FUNDAMENTAL PROHIBITION: UNNECESSARY SUFFERING

• CHAPTER 2: Rethinking the Application of Canadian Criminal Law to Factory Farming / Katie Sykes
• CHAPTER 3: Traffic Tickets on the Last Ride / Vaughan Black 

PART III - THE FUNDAMENTAL CLASSIFICATION: PROPERTY

• CHAPTER 4: A Monkey in the Middle: Reflections on Darwin the Macaque and the (R)evolution of Wild Animals in Canadian Common Law / Mary J. Shariff
• CHAPTER 5: The Canadian Seal Hunt as Seen in Fraser's Mirror / Lesli Bisgould & Peter Sankoff

PART IV - DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES: MUNICIPAL, ABORIGINAL, AND INTERNATIONAL

• CHAPTER 6: Municipal Governance and Innovative Shark Conservation Efforts: Problems and Prospects / Carmon Jefferies & Eran Kaplinsky -- CHAPTER 7: Animal Rights and Aboriginal Rights / Will Kymlicka & Sue Donaldson
• CHAPTER 8: Indigenous Rights and Relations with Animals: Seeing Beyond Canadian Law / Constance MacIntosh
• CHAPTER 9: Whales and Seals and Bears, Oh My! The Evloution of Global Animal Law and Canada's Ambiguous Stance / Katie Sykes, Joanna Langille & Robert Howse

PART V: NEW TACTICAL APPROACHES

• CHAPTER 10: Charities, Anumals, and Social Change: Charting a More Charitable Approach to Animal Advocacy / Maneesha Deckha & Sarah Runyon
• CHAPTER 11: What Does False Advertising Have to Do with Animal Protection? / Camille Labchuk
• CHAPTER 12: Bringing Animal Abusers to Justice Independently: Private Prosecutions and the Enforcement of Canadian Animal Protection Legislation / Sophie Gaillard & Peter Sankoff
• Table of Cases
• Index