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Here are some customer reviews of Plague Dogs : With all due respect to the author, THIS BOOK IS TERRIBLE!!!!! It was so boring I forgot what was happening by page 8. I gave up and quit reading it by page 11. If you're a fan of Watership Down, avoid this book at all costs! Adams is a fantastic author with great insight into non-human animals.To understand what he has done here, you must understand what role animals play in scientific research. Chemicals come with material safety data sheets, or MSDSs which include toxicity information. These toxicity measures,LD50(Lethal dose,50%) and TLV(threshold limit value)are derived from exposing animals to injections of the chemical or by respirating it until a specified percentage of the animals die. LD50 means that at this concentration of chemical, 50% of the animals die. TLV is the concentration of gas or vapor at which breathing that chemical causes death.So for every chemical introduced, a population of animals must die. Animal testing is a prerequisite for commercial manufacture of a chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act of the 1970s overseen by EPA.And similar research is required by the FDA in introducing new drugs for medical use. That is what I said when I finished the book. It is a little long and takes a while to read, but it's worth it. It talks about animal experimentation and it's in the animal's point of view. I think I'm going to name my next dogs Snitter and Rowf! The tod says I have to! This was a great book, as is Watership Down. I enjoy Richard Adam's ability to write books based on animals affected by human flaws. The Plauge Dogs clearly illustrates a major problem and how two dogs are affected with it through out their lives. I think that anyone who enjoyed Watership Down will find this book fantastic, and anyone who has not read any of Richard Adam's books will find him a great author. It breaks my heart that no one has reviewed this glorious work. I read it 2-3 years ago and am stirred just thinking about it right now. The title and premise are a bit off-putting--too tendentious and/or cruel? Be not deterred! This is a triumphant book, reminiscent of the best Dickens (and as witty.) The happy ending with a gorgeous thumping deus ex machina is beautiful. Our little terrier pup is named for one of the lead characters--Snitter. LOVE IT!

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