In the book Our Animals Make Us Human, it will forever change the way we treat them, overturning the ideas we have about their desires and needs, so that we can address them in a way that meets their own terms of happiness, not ours.
Can a dog be happy if it is constantly left alone? Is a lion that walks in its cage all day unhappy or exercising? Can we train our cat? Why do gerbils dig constantly? Is there a way to prevent animals from panicking when we take them to the vet? (...)
Animals have feelings, it argues, and what we need to do is encourage the positive emotions - exploration and play - and ensure that we do not awaken the negative ones - fear, panic, anger. Only then can we provide animals with a truly good life. (...)
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
Manufacturer
- Authors
- Temple Grandin, Catherine Johnson
- Publisher
- Polaris
- Original Title
- Animals Make us Human
- Type
- Zoology
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- Creating a better life for animals
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 385
- Release Date
- 10/2010
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Dimensions
- 14x21 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789606829215
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