Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight about Animals

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0061730858 ISBN13: 9780061730856 Release Date: September 2011 Publisher: Harper Perennial Length: 368 Pages Weight: 0.65 lbs. Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1" "Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book." --Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us HumanHal Herzog, a maverick scientist and leader in the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animalsDoes living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoyed a better quality of life--the chicken on a dinner plate or the rooster who died in a Saturday-night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog? Drawing on more than two decades of research in the emerging field of anthroz