Download or read book The Covenant of the Wild written by Stephen Budiansky and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1992 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal rights extremists argue that eating meat is murder and that pets are slaves. This compelling reappraisal of the human-animal bond, however, shows that domestication of animals is not an act of exploitation but a brilliantly successful evolutionary strategy that has benefited humans and animals alike.