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A webinar in celebration of the upcoming book Purr: The Science of Making Your Cat Happy .
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Scientists surprised to learn that cats are freeloaders
Pet cats prefer food from a bowl rather than a food puzzle toy, study finds. Photo: Okssi/Shutterstock
Time for Self Reflection? Exploring Developments in Animals' Abilities to Demonstrate Self-Awareness
The mirror test isn’t the only way to test for self-awareness—but thinking about the kind of mirror can make a difference to results. Chimpanzees exploring mirror reflections using large and handheld mirrors respectively. Reproduced from Kopp et al. 2021 under Creative Commons 3.0 License . Guest post by John Binks and Lucie Mellish
Specialty Webinars at the Ottawa Humane Society
A series of four webinars on The Science of Making Pets Happy. Photo: Tomáš JÃra/Pexels By Zazie Todd PhD
The Companion Animal Psychology Posts of the Year 2021
The top posts of the year and a couple of things to look forward to in 2022 Photo: Ivanova N/Shutterstock
Season's Greetings
Season's Greetings from Companion Animal Psychology Photo: Roman Valyaev/Shutterstock
If You Think Your Pet's a Jerk, Think Again
Pets aren't little people, so if you're going to apply labels like that, ask yourself these questions first. New Africa/Shutterstock