• Dr. Marc Bekoff: Exploring Animal Emotions and Ethics

  • Jul 9 2024
  • Length: 1 hr
  • Podcast

Dr. Marc Bekoff: Exploring Animal Emotions and Ethics

  • Summary

  • Guest: Dr. Marc Bekoff - A professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Marc has published 31 books (or 41, depending on how you count multi-volume encyclopedias). He has won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, has worked closely with Jane Goodall as co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works closely with inmates at the Boulder County Jail. In June 2022, Marc was recognized as a Hero by the Academy of Dog Trainers. His books include The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible, and A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans. Marc’s latest books are Dogs Demystified: An A to Z Guide to All Things Canine, the second edition of The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathyand Why They Matter, and Jane Goodall at 90: Celebrating an Astonishing Lifetime of Science, Advocacy, Humanitarianism, Hope, and Peace. Many of his books can be seen here.) He also publishes regularly for Psychology Today. His homepage is marcbekoff.com. In 1986, Marc won the Master’s Tour du Haut, aka the age-graded Tour de France.

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    Co-Founder & Brought To You By: ROLDA - The Romanian League in Defense of Animals - https://rolda.org/

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