LibGuides: Grade 4 Social Issues Unit: Animal Rights

Fiction from our library collection

These are a few fiction titles from our collection.

Elvis the Camel by Barbara Devine; Patricia Al Fakhri
Call Number: PIC Devine
ISBN: 1900988399
Publication Date: 2001
Recounts the true story of a camel whose comfortable life is threatened after he is hit by a truck late one night.
Hoot by Carl Hiaasen
Call Number: E Hiaasen
ISBN: 0375821813
Publication Date: 2002
Roy, who is new to his small Florida community, becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate; Patricia Castelao (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Applegate
ISBN: 0061992259
Publication Date: 2012
When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

Here are a few non-fiction titles from our collection.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) by Anastasia Suen
Call Number: E 179.3 SUE
ISBN: 0823960048
Publication Date: 2002
Discusses the beginning of the ASPCA and how it helps to find homes for animals.
Ivan: the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate; G. Brian Karas (Illustrator)
Call Number: E 599.88 APP
ISBN: 0544252306
Publication Date: 2014
The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at ZooAtlanta.

Trap Neuter Release Maadi
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S.P.A.R.E - Society for Protection of Animal Rights in Egypt
The SPARE website describes their efforts to protect animal rights. SPARE works with street cats, dogs and donkeys.
ESMA - Egyptian Society for Mercy for Animals
This website offers news and information about ESMA.

"Animal Rights" on Britannica Online
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"What is Animal Experimentation?" - Center of the Cell website
This page explains animal experimentation. Be sure to look on the bottom right of the page to visit two differing viewpoints on animal experimentation.
"Animal Research: Right or Wrong?" on Scholastic Science World
Article explains animal testing and describes one case. The article also provides arguments for and against animal testing.
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"11 facts about Animals Homelessness" on DoSomething.org
This page presents 11 facts about animal shelters in the US. You may need to check with an Egyptian animal rights organization to compare facts about Egyptian street animas.