Animals Make Us Human: Creating the Best Life for Animals

Can a dog be happy if you have to leave him alone for most of the day? Is the lion that paces all day in the zoo miserable or just exercising? Should you train your cat? Why do gerbils dig so much? How can we keep our animals from panicking at the vet's? Drawing on almost thirty years of research, experimentation, and experience, Temple Grandin answers these and countless other questions by focusing on the emotional needs all animals share. Animals have feelings, she argues, and we need to stimulate their positive emotions - seeking and play - while ensuring that they're free from the negative ones - fear, panic, and rage - if they're going to have a truly good life. With stories and practical insights, Grandin explains how to fulfill the specific needs of dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, and farm and zoo animals, and lets us see happiness through the eyes of our animals.

ISBN 0151014892   DEWEY 636.083 ISBN13 9780151014897 (What's this?)   Pages 342 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)   Volumes 1 Imprint HARCOURT BRACE & CO   Weight (grammes) 549 Format Hardback   Height (mm) 235 Publication date 01 Jan 2009   Width (mm) 161 Library of Congress 2008034892

1		What Do Animals Need?		1
2		A Dog's Life		25
3		Cats		67
4		Horses		105
5		Cows		137
6		Pigs		173
7		Chickens and Other Poultry		207
8		Wildlife		235
9		Zoos		263
		Afterword: Why Do I Still Work for the Industry?		295
		Acknowledgments		305
		Notes		308
		Index		329

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