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“A female bushbuck came gingerly poking through the scrub. She was soon followed by her male consort. Their eyes were dark, liquid and large — a face to stir the emotions and take me to a serene inner space. How anybody can shoot creatures like these is beyond me.”

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This is your chance to get hold of a book that will enlighten you on a huge number of issues regarding animals. If you are interested in animals but have not yet had a chance to study their behavior either at online universities or through other books, this is a great way to get started. Knowledge is an indispensable tool for bringing about social advancement.

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Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals

For centuries we believed that humans were the only ones that mattered. The idea that animals had feelings was either dismissed or considered heresy. Today, that's all changing. New scientific studies of animal behavior reveal perceptions, intelligences, awareness and social skills that would have been deemed fantasy a generation ago. The implications make our troubled relationship to animals one of the most pressing moral issues of our time. READ MORE

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Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good
When birds take a dip in the water, is it to clean their feathers, or is it just plain fun? Jonathan Balcombe addresses such questions in a brisk, erudite and enormously entertaining contribution to the growing genre of books about the emotions of animals. By presenting evidence "from both scientific study and anecdote, that the animal kingdom is rich in pleasure," Balcombe balances a general philosophical look at the prevalence of pleasure among animals with detailed anecdotal evidence of how specific animals experience pleasure in play, food, sex, touching and love. READ MORE

The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives, & Recommendations

The Use of Animals in Higher Education is well-researched and annotated and international in scope, with a primary focus on the U.S. It addresses secondary education as strongly as higher education, with quite a focus on elementary education as well.

After reading it, one is left wondering how the practice of dissection, in particular, has survived in our schools for this long. Every possible justification for dissection is held up, examined and found to be fatally flawed. Objections to dissection are also detailed, some that many may have never considered before, such as the dangers of formaldehyde exposure. READ MORE

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