Filling the Ark

Lynda Birke is Visiting Professor of Anthrozoology at the University of Chester, UK. She is a biologist, and has worked for many years in feminist science studies and human-animal studies. Her current research focuses on horses — a lifelong passion. Her books include Feminism, Animals and Science, Feminism and the Biological Body, and (with Arnie Arluke and Mike Michael), The Sacrifice: How Scientific Experiments Transform Animals and People. She is a co-editor of Humanimalia.