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Americans own 73 million dogs and 90 million cats, considering them best friends, family members, and even children. Relationships with cats and dogs are some of the longest and most intimate of our lives. Why are we attached? Animal behavior experts, evolutionary biologists, veterinarians, and pet owners get personal in a series of interviews and stories that are insightful, funny, heartwarming, and life-changing.
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Dogs are getting lawyers. Cats are getting kidney transplants. Could they one day be fellow citizens? Cats and dogs were once wild animals. Today, they are family members and surrogate children. A little over a century ago, pets didn't warrant the meager legal status of property. Now, they have more rights and protections than any other animal in the country. Some say they're even on the verge of becoming legal persons. How did we get here, and what...
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"A guide to understanding behavior in companion animals from the perspective of 'mirroring,' in which some behaviors reflect qualities of the owner, whether physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. Through examples and exercises, the author--a biologist and animal communicator--helps readers communicate with their animals and resolve conflicts"--
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With 39 presidents to date in the Oval Office come more than 400 pets over the course of 200 years. The real top dogs are the hundreds of animals that have called the White House their home. These four-legged creatures are a part of the inner sanctum. They influence elections and capture the hearts of the American people. From bears to parrots, dogs, and cats, learn of the creatures that have roamed the halls of one of the most famous homes in history....
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"The bestselling author of Dog Sense and Cat Sense explains why living with animals has always been a fundamental aspect of being human. Pets have never been more popular. Over half of American households share their home with either a cat or a dog, and many contain both. This is a huge change from only a century ago, when the majority of domestic cats and dogs were working animals, keeping rodents at bay, guarding property, herding sheep. Nowadays,...
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"Two Dogs and a Parrot offers both heartwarming stories and thought-provoking reflections about sharing life with an animal companion. [...] It illuminates the significance of the deep bond between humans and animals and invites us to embrace and celebrate our animal friends."--Front flap of book jacket.
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The long-lost series from the legendary first lady of the TV with the Animals she loves and her famous friends. In 1971, just before Betty's sitcom superstardom, she created and hosted a weekly program, celebrating her lifelong love of animals. Produced with her husband Allen Ludden, the show, not seen in decades, allowed Betty to welcome celebrity friends with their dogs, cats, and horses in addition to a wide range of wild animals, both in the studio...
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This children's book is a fictionalized biography of an abused kitten found in an alley and the life it shared with a non-traditional extended family. Cookie and the family members demonstrate to young children how a pet can come into a home and become an integral member of the family. The narration ends with a poem that is simple enough for any young child to memorize and recite. The simple, but colorful drawings are done by the author.
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"Why do we love our pets? When were dogs domesticated? Is it true that cats were sacred in Egypt? What happened to the pedigree dogs during the French Revolution? Were black cats persecuted during the Middle Ages? What happened to Laika and other space pets? Can you clone your pet after it dies? How will pets change in the future? This fascinating book takes you through a journey through our long relationship with our furry friends, dogs, cats and...
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"Pets have never been more popular. Over half of American households share their home with either a cat or a dog, and many contain both. This is a huge change from only a century ago, when the majority of domestic cats and dogs were working animals, keeping rodents at bay, guarding property, herding sheep. Nowadays, most are valued solely for the companionship they provide. As mankind becomes progressively more urban and detached from nature, we seem...
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"In almost 40 per cent of households in North America, dogs are kept as companion animals. Dogs may be man's best friends, but what are humans to dogs? If these animals' loyalty and unconditional love have won our hearts, why do we so often view closely related wild canids, such as foxes, wolves, and coyotes, as pests, predatory killers, and demons? Re-examining the complexity and contradictions of human attitudes towards these animals, Dog's Best...
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This work offers 18 ground-breaking articles, written by an international group of philosophers, on companion animal ethics. It explores the ethical foundations of our relationships with pets, in particular dogs and cats, and specific moral issues, including breeding, reproduction, sterilization, cloning, adoption, feeding, training, working, sexual interactions, longevity, dying, and euthanasia.--