Capers in the Churchyard, Reviewed by Chris Kelly

Capers in the Churchyard: Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror, by Lee Hall

Reviewed by Chris Kelly

I finished the book at 3 am — It was a page-turner — I just couldn’t put it down.

This is absolutely the best book ever written on animal rights, what works and what does not. I rarely get speechless, but I don’t know where to start (or stop) praising Lee Hall for outlining the path we must follow to achieve true abolition of humanity’s custom of enslaving any beings defined as non-human.

But Capers in the Churchyard is much more than that. To quote Hall, “The advent of animal rights philosophy would mean the most comprehensive peace movement ever known. Not only would it turn swords into ploughshares; it would dedicate those ploughshares to an agriculture of peace.”

This book will clear away the convoluted notions that proliferate within the advocacy community. It will allow the reader to appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness of nonviolence.

Lee Hall is hope personified.

Chris Kelly

Chris Kelly is a vegan grandparent in Texas. Kelly, along with Carsten Schlovien, is known to many long-time animal advocates for facilitating Internet animal-rights fora such as the Great Ape Standing and Personhood list-serv and the early “AR-Views” list.

Capers in the Churchyard is now available through the Friends of Animals Store (international orders can be placed through Amazon.com).

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