Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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Hey--any of you read this book? I'm only half way through it, but I'm already really impressed by the insights this woman has on the emotional states of animals. If you haven't heard of her, she's a professor/animal behaviorist who consults with slaughterhouses, factory farms and zoos on how to improve the living (and dying) conditions of animals. And she's autistic--which probably gives her a unique way of looking at the world from an animal's perspective.
In the first few chapters that I've just read she talks about studies showing life-long brain differences between animals that were exposed to an enriched environment and those that were not at a very young age. Differences that were physiological. And how those brain differences affect the animal's behavior for life. Interesting stuff in regard to puppy socialization.
Natalya Zahn Webboard User Reg: 12-22-2006
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This book is on my list glad to hear good reviews (though I was pretty sure I'd like it anyway) - I LOVED Animals In Translation and think Temple is just brilliant... in addition to being an accomplished scholar and teacher, she's done so much for the comfort and well being of animals over the course of her life... talk about an inspiration...!
I snagged it from the library, I spotted Temple there on an end cap display with Cesar. Good thing no one was following close on my heels, I would have backed over them in my scramble for the book.
It's a great book. She discussed horses, cows, pigs, poultry, cats, dogs, and exotics.
Her experiences regarding mental stimulation and the instinctual needs and behaviors of animals was an eye opener for me. For instance: Gerbils don't dig in the corner of their cage just because they are hyper and like to dig, they dig because they need to have a burrow or a place to hide to feel safe, when they are provided with hiding places they no longer compulsively dig.
She had some very insightful views on lonely dogs. But I have to disagree with her idea that it is beneficial to let neighborhood dogs roam during the day.
Her discussion of the usefulness of operant conditioning (good examples in the exotics chapter) was very good.
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glad to hear good reviews (though I was pretty sure I'd like it anyway) - I LOVED Animals In Translation and think Temple is just brilliant... in addition to being an accomplished scholar and teacher, she's done so much for the comfort and well being of animals over the course of her life... talk about an inspiration...!
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