Download or read book The Link Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence written by Andrew Linzey and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-03 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many philosophers, including Aquinas, Locke, Schopenhauer and Kant, have assumed that there is a link between cruelty to animals and violence to people. This title examines the relationships between animal abuse and child abuse, the emotional development of the child, family violence, and serial murder.