Companion Animal Psychology Book Club February 2018
"...Bradshaw explains how an affinity for animals drove human evolution and how now, without animals around us, we risk losing an essential part of ourselves."
By Zazie Todd, PhD
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By Zazie Todd, PhD
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The Companion Animal Psychology Book Club choice for February 2018 is The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human
by John Bradshaw. In the UK, the title is The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology
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From the inside cover,
Will you be reading the book too? Leave your thoughts on it in the comments below.
by John Bradshaw. In the UK, the title is The Animals Among Us: The New Science of Anthrozoology
.From the inside cover,
"In The Animals Among Us, anthrozoologist John Bradshaw argues that pet-keeping is nothing less than an intrinsic part of human nature. Throughout history, empathy for animals has increased our ability to survive. As our relationship with animals evolved, from the earliest domestication of wild animals thousands of years ago to the ubiquity of modern household pets, this connection grew ever stronger. Today, we can no more set aside the attachment that many of us feel for animals than we can ignore our sweet tooth.
Drawing on the latest research in biology and psychology, Bradshaw explains how an affinity for animals drove human evolution and how now, without animals around us, we risk losing an essential part of ourselves."
Will you be reading the book too? Leave your thoughts on it in the comments below.
Zazie Todd, PhD, is the award-winning author of Wag: The Science of Making Your Dog Happy and Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy. She is the creator of the popular blog, Companion Animal Psychology, writes The Pawsitive Post premium newsletter, and also has a column at Psychology Today. Todd lives in Maple Ridge, BC, with her husband, one dog, and two cats.
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