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Marc Bekoff - Learning About Animal Emotions and Expanding our Compassion Footprint

The latest and greatest scientific research clearly shows that animals are
smart, emotional, and moral beings. And there are many "surprises." Birds make
and use more sophisticated tools than chimpanzees, mice and chickens display
empathy, and ravens and other animals show they know what's right and wrong in
various social situations. Animals care very much about what happens to them and
to their friends and we must too. We need to be very careful when we intrude
into their lives and redecorate nature. Rewilding our hearts and expanding our
compassion footprint provide avenues for fostering more respect for nonhuman
beings and for peaceful coexistence with our animal friends.

This seminar will teach you about:

 

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- animal emotion
- the moral lives of animals
- how and why they
play
- the reciprocal human-animal bond
- why we should care about
animals
- animal protection
- compassionate conservation
- what we can
easily do to make the world a better and more peaceful place for animals

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