Dominion explores the many ways in which our society has created a climate of exploitation and cruelty toward animals, and the justifications used to maintain our dominion over animals. Our treatment of animals is a measure of our humanity and gives Dominion its Biblical impact.
It is both a masterpiece of investigative journalism, exposing the world of factory farming, but also an eloquent and powerful account of the obligations owed to animals. At once humane, grounded in a sense of morality and scientific study Matthew Scully has defined the issue of animal rights and has produced a life-changing book that is a call to arms for anyone who has anything to do with animals (and that includes eating them).