 Whales-online speaks with Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado and Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, about his new book Animals Matter and his ideas about treating animals and the environment more humanely and compassionately. Marc’s book considers the full spectrum of topics relating to animals in the human world including animal sentience and animal emotions.
Marc explains to whales-online that the difference between humans and non-humans animals are differences in degree, rather than difference in kind, and that it is good science to say that animals experience emotions. He shares some important insights about the need for human society to learn too co-exist with animals, and we should learn to adapt our lives to theirs rather than always asking them to adapt to their lives to us.
Episode tags - March Bekoff, emotional lives, co-existence, whale, dolphin, porpoise, wildlife, protection
Photo credit - Marc and his friend, Willie. Photographer Jan Nystrom.
 Book Reviews
Animal behaviorist and biologist Bekoff follows his most recent in-depth work, The Emotional Life of Animals, with another well-written, more generalist argument for responsible behavior toward animals of all kinds. … This levelheaded brief for animal rights deserves to be read by people of all ages, from teens and 20-somethings turned on to animal activism by vegetarian pop stars like Moby, to parents, teachers and other adults with the hope that they will make more responsible decisions after reading this book and discussing the issues with family and friends. Publishers Weekly |
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| Presenter: Margi Prideaux |
| Posted: 2007 October 19 |
| Duration: 17:28 |
| File size: 6.1Mg |
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