There has long been a need for a readily accessible source of statistics on the animals used and, at times, misused by man. This need has now largely been met by a pocketbook by Barry Kew and published by Green Print, which is packed with facts, charts and tables. The information is grouped into eight sections: country sports, farmed animals, fisheries, fur farming, performing animals, companion animals, animal experimentation and zoos. There are a number of appendices: illegal cruelty, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, export-import, UK exotics, camelids, snails, laws, and death toll, as well as a glossary, references and a bibliography.