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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. In an illustrated presentation, Jonathan Balcombe, author of Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good and now Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, looks at animal behaviour.
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Jonathan Balcombe was born in England, raised in New Zealand and Canada, and has lived in the United States since 1987. He has written many scientific papers and lay articles on animal behaviour, humane education, and animal research. A popular speaker, he has given invited presentations in six continents. In 2000, the Humane Society Press released his first book The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives and Recommendations. His second book, Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good (www.pleasurablekingdom.com) was released by Macmillan in May 2006 and is also available in five foreign translations. Balcombe’s third book, Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals (Palgrave Macmillan), is due out in March 2010, and Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure (University of California Press) is expected around September 2010. Balcombe lives near Washington DC with his wife and daughter, where he works as an independent consultant.
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