Tony weis is associate professor in geography at the university of western ontario he is also the author of the ecological hoofprint the global burden of industrial livestock also from zed books as well as coeditor of a line in the tar sands struggles for environmental justice and critical perspectives on food sovereignty. The ecological hoofprint the global burden of industrial livestock ebook weis tony amazonca kindle store. The ecological hoofprint the global burden of industrial livestock author tony weis publisher zed books ltd 2013 isbn 178032099x 9781780320991 length 200 pages subjects. With the metaphor of the ecological hoofprint tony weis sounds a clear warning about the perils of the rising global consumption of meat the powerful message of this book is that ascending the animal protein ladder is a formula for deepening social inequalities and compounding ecological risk. With the metaphor of the ecological hoofprint tony weis sounds a clear warning about the perils of the rising global consumption of meat the powerful message of this book is that ascending the animal protein ladder is a formula for deepening social inequalities and compounding ecological risk