Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to by Hal Herzog

By Hal Herzog

“Everybody who's drawn to the ethics of our dating among people and animals should still learn this book.”
—Temple Grandin, writer of Animals Make Us Human

 

Hal Herzog, a maverick scientist and chief within the box of anthrozoology bargains a debatable, thought-provoking, and remarkable exploration of the psychology in the back of the inconsistent and sometimes paradoxical methods we predict, think, and behave in the direction of animals. A move among Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s issue and invoice Bryson’s A stroll within the Woods, a few we adore, a few We Hate, a few We devour, in the phrases of Irene M. Pepperberg, bestselling writer of Alex & Me,deftly blends anecdote with medical study to teach how virtually any ethical or moral place relating to our courting with animals can result in absurd consequences.”

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