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 …
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 …