The emotional lives of animals : a leading scientist explores animal joy, sorrow, and empathy - and why they matter

Based on award-winning scientist Marc Bekoff’s years studying social communication in a wide range of species, this important book shows that animals have rich emotional lives. Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with Bekoff’s light humor and touching stories, __The Emotional Lives of Animals__ is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view animals and how we treat them. "In The Emotional Lives of Animals, Marc Bekoff has pulled together the growing body of scientific evidence that supports the existence of a variety of emotions in other animals, richly illustrated by his own careful observations ... Combining careful scientific methodology with intuition and common sense, this book will be a great tool for those who are struggling to improve the lives of animals in environments where, so often, there is an almost total lack of understanding. I only hope it will persuade many people to reconsider the way they treat animals in the future."--Jane Goodall, from the foreword The case for animal emotions and why they matter Cognitive ethology : studying animal minds and hearts Beastly passions : what animals feel Wild justice, empathy, and fair play : finding honor among beasts Hard questions : answering skeptics and addressing uncertainty in science Ethical choices : what we do with what we know. A biological researcher draws on years of work in animal communications to support the existence of animal emotions, sharing a wealth of case studies that illuminate the evolutionary purposes of animal feelings while calling for a rethinking of current practices of animal cruelty. Mark Bekoff, one of the world's most prominent researchers of animal emotions, explores the overwhelming evidence for animal emotions and how they should affect our relationship with our animal kin