"The science behind why some people love animals and others couldn’t care less"
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No matter where you live in the world, you can participate in our discussion by using this link: https://meet.jit.si/VancouverAnimalLoversBookClub
You don't need to have ever lived in Vancouver in order to participate.
We will read this online article and then discuss it:
by John Bradshaw, author of the book "The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology".
Description of the author on the above link:
"John Bradshaw most recently received funding in 2009-10, from the ESRC for the network 'Understanding individual behaviour through human/animal relations'. He has been a Trustee of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare since 2009."
I won't spoil the article here for those who haven't read it yet, so instead, I will write the description of his book that is found on his publisher's webpage:
"In this highly original and hugely enjoyable work, John Bradshaw examines modern humans' often contradictory relationship with the animal world. Why, despite the apparent irrationality of keeping pets, do half of today's American households, and almost that figure in the UK, have at least one pet (triple the rate of the 1970s)? Then again, why do we care for some animals in our homes, and designate others only as a source of food?
Through these and many other questions, one of the world's foremost anthrozoology experts shows that our relationship with animals is nothing less than an intrinsic part of human nature. An affinity for animals drove our evolution and now, without animals around us, we risk losing an essential part of ourselves."
Who knows; perhaps we may read this book for a future Meetup event! :)
"The science behind why some people love animals and others couldn’t care less"