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This is a discussion of animal ethics for scientists. The author goes pretty far in his advocacy for animal rights, essentially saying that animals are no different than children or the mentally handicapped in terms of their rights and our responsibilities. That approach-- treating animals as persons-- has some serious problems. We protect children from each other. If we took his arguments seriously, wouldn't we have to protect animals from the pain inflicted on them by other animals? Unfortunat...
Need to get this one.
it was good. not as good as i expected, mostly because i was expecting more about his encounters with animals over how he feels about them. but it was informative and inspiring :)
The book was okay but compared to other books ive read on the subject I found it somewhat lacking. When describing and analyzing experiments and other data he skimmed over it very quickly and left out key points in them and he also usually only gave one point of view on how to interpret the results. I suggest reading wild minds by marc d. hauser if you want a more in dept and non biased view
This book gets five stars for importance. There were some places where I couldn't quite agree with Bekoff, simply because of living in a world where evolution rules, but this book started me drinking soy milk and thinking once again about how people fit into the ecosystem. This is a compelling account of animal emotions and minds, and, more importantly, becoming aware of how humans should--yes, should--fit into the ecosystem. It's not our planet. An important reminder that people owe far more to...
A fascinating study of animal consciousness by a scientist who has studied animals and birds of all kinds for many years. He intersperses first hand accounts of his own experiences and encounters with animals with observations of other experts in the field and scientific explorations of theories around the mental and emotional lives of animals.As someone who loves animals, I've always believed their emotional lives are every bit as rich as ours, albeit in ways that are unique to each individual
Like someone said in a past review, this gets five stars for importance. "There is enough in the world for everybody's needs, but not enough for anybody's greed". Love all living things!🌿
Marc writes feelingly about the "feelings" of animals -- another book that will have you reassess your thoughts about animals and how we treat them!
