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This animal manifesto is a plea to regard animals as fellow sentient, emotional beings, to recognize the cruelty that too often defines our relationship with them, and to change that by acting compassionately on their behalf. Marc bekoff is professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the university of colorado, boulder. Worldrenowned behavioral scientists jane goodall and marc bekoff have set forth ten trusts that we must honor as custodians of the planet. He and goodall cofounded the organization ethologists for the ethical treatment of animals. Finding this book is like finding a pot of glue with which we can fill the hole in our hearts and the ozone. Discover book depositorys huge selection of marc bekoff books online. The case for compassionate conservation, edited by marc bekoff is published by university of chicago press.
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