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Book Review: Unruly Hills: Nature and Nation in India’s Northeast

Book Review: Unruly Hills: Nature and Nation in India’s Northeast 104 Organization & Environment 25(1) system we have now obscures the lives of animals in research. It is significant that Rudy was not allowed to visit any research facilities, but she was welcomed into the local farms, zoos, sanctu- aries, and homes where people had exotic pets. This illustrates how alienated we are from ani- mals who are pressed into research service for us. Perhaps, if researchers did care for their own animals, rather than using lab assistance, then the nature of the research would change. Last year, at the local elementary school science fair, a fourth grader presented his experiment with a rat. Walking up to his poster board, I cringed at the photo of a rat, brown and shiny, running through a maze. However, in reading the boy’s synopsis, I learned that the rat consistently chose him over food. The second photo showed the boy smiling with his rat on his shoulder. And that, I think, is the transformative power of love. Kathy Rudy’s book is refreshing. It is a book that shows us how to see and live differently rather than just how to think differently. I would recommend this text for anyone wishing to engage http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Organization & Environment SAGE

Book Review: Unruly Hills: Nature and Nation in India’s Northeast

D’Souza, Rohan Ignatious
Organization & Environment , Volume 25 (1): 3 – Mar 1, 2012
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SAGE
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© The Author(s) 2012
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1086-0266
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1552-7417
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10.1177/1086026612445391
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104 Organization & Environment 25(1) system we have now obscures the lives of animals in research. It is significant that Rudy was not allowed to visit any research facilities, but she was welcomed into the local farms, zoos, sanctu- aries, and homes where people had exotic pets. This illustrates how alienated we are from ani- mals who are pressed into research service for us. Perhaps, if researchers did care for their own animals, rather than using lab assistance, then the nature of the research would change. Last year, at the local elementary school science fair, a fourth grader presented his experiment with a rat. Walking up to his poster board, I cringed at the photo of a rat, brown and shiny, running through a maze. However, in reading the boy’s synopsis, I learned that the rat consistently chose him over food. The second photo showed the boy smiling with his rat on his shoulder. And that, I think, is the transformative power of love. Kathy Rudy’s book is refreshing. It is a book that shows us how to see and live differently rather than just how to think differently. I would recommend this text for anyone wishing to engage

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Published: Mar 1, 2012

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