What’s going on inside the brains of animals? Can we know what, or if, they’re thinking and feeling? Carl Safina thinks we can. Using discoveries and anecdotes that span ecology, biology and behavioral science, he weaves together stories of whales, wolves, elephants and albatrosses to argue that just as we think, feel, use tools and …
By Free From Harm Staff Writers Co-authored by Mary Finelli and Robert Grillo – March 3, 2014 “The scientific literature is quite clear. Anatomically, physiologically and biologically, the pain system in fish is virtually the same as in birds and mammals…” — Dr Donald Broom, Professor of Animal Welfare at Cambridge University. Fish are the …
by Captain Paul Watson founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society “What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! In form and moving how express and admirable! In action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of …
The Animals’ Agenda, Freedom Compassion and Coexistence in the Human Age by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce A new book by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce titled The Animals’ Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age argues the science of animal welfare needs to be replaced with the science of animal well-being. The science of …
Matthieu Ricard’s “A Plea for the Animals” Is a Must Read Interview and Book Review by Marc Bekoff This new book is one of the best in asking us to treat animals with compassion. Animals are “in.” There is incredible global interest in the cognitive, emotional, and moral lives of animals and in how we choose to interact …
from: The Someone Project “Cows have a secret mental life in which they bear grudges, nurture friendships, and become excited over intellectual challenges…” — The Sunday Times (UK) Goats are merry pranksters, chickens and turkeys are inquisitive and always exploring, pigs are the brains of the operation, and cattle are the farm’s deeply social …
Chickens are as cognitively, emotionally, and socially complex as many mammals. Report Review and article by Marc Bekoff Chickens are birds. I know most, if not all of you, already know this. However, on more than one occasion, I’ve mentioned to someone who’s munching on a chicken sandwich, that they’re eating a smart and …
A narrow focus on great apes excludes the possibilities of Theory of Mind in other animals by Marc Bekoff Many researchers in the behavioral sciences are interested in the taxonomic distribution of which nonhuman animals (animals) have a Theory of Mind (ToM). Basically, ToM “is the ability to attribute mental states — beliefs, intents, desires, pretending, knowledge, etc. — to oneself and …