Some we love, some we hate, some we eat why it's so hard to think straight about animals

The book is a highly entertaining and illuminating journey through the full spectrum of human-animal relations, based on Herzog's groundbreaking research on animal rights activists, cockfighters, professional dog show handlers, veterinary students, and biomedical researchers. Blending anthropol...

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Main Author: Herzog, Hal.
Other Authors: Foster, Mel.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Audio, cp2010.
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Summary: The book is a highly entertaining and illuminating journey through the full spectrum of human-animal relations, based on Herzog's groundbreaking research on animal rights activists, cockfighters, professional dog show handlers, veterinary students, and biomedical researchers. Blending anthropology, history, brain science, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy, Herzog carefully crafts a seamless narrative enriched with real-life anecdotes, scientific research, and his own sense of moral ambivalence.
Item Description: Compact discs
Subtitle from container.
Unabridged.
Physical Description: 10 sound discs (690 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time: 11:30:00
ISBN: 9781400119219 (Unikeep pkg.)
1400119219 (Unikeep pkg.)
Author Notes: Hal Herzog, one of the world's leading experts on human-animal relations, has seen his research published in numerous prestigious academic journals, including Science , the American Psychologist , and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association .
Mel Foster has narrated over 150 audiobooks and has won several awards. Twice an Audie finalist for 1864: Lincoln at the Gates of History by Charles Bracelen Flood and Finding God in Unexpected Places by Philip Yancey, he won for the latter title.