Tag Archives: Marc Bekoff
How Many Dog Breeders Do We Really Need? by Dr. Marc Bekoff
It’s essential to have reasoned discussions and debates about dog breeding and not insulting exchanges, while fully recognizing that it’s highly unlikely that.. Read More
Grief in Animals: It’s Arrogant To Think We’re the Only Animals Who Mourn
Humpback Whales Protect a Gray Whale from Killer Whales by Marc Bekoff
As more and more data are collected we’re learning not only about the prevalence of cooperation, compassion, and empathy among members of the same species but also of instances of individuals of one species helping members of other species… Read More
The National Museum of Animals & Society
Our relationships with other nonhuman animals (aka animals) move us all over the place. We love some, hate others, and are indifferent to a wide range of fascinating species. Animals intrigue and inspire us and as we inquire about who they are we learn much about who we are… Read More
Animal Emotions: Empathic Rodents by Marc Bekoff
Tens of millions of rodents are used in all sorts of invasive research yet the United State’s Federal Animal Welfare Act does not consider these empathic mammals to be animals. Indeed, about 99 percent of the animals used in research are not protected by federal legislation and are routinely subjected to horrific abuse… Read More
February 27, 2011
A Conversation with Marc Bekoff

Both wild and domestic animals have a kaleidoscopic range of feelings, from embarrassment to anger to joy to awe. And when we dismiss this fact and use animals as though they were objects for scientific experiments, amusement, food and the like… Read More
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