Jean-Marc Gancille paints an uncompromising portrait of the relationship that human beings have with the animal world: one based on domination and exploitation. He denounces these depredations, which are a tragedy for the human species due to the destruction of ecosystems it causes, an immoral denial of animals' capacity for feeling, and fraud on the part of the food industry. Gancille concludes by outlining a course of action and methods to "put an end to anthropocentrism."