  | Book Details Title: Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries About Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to Show Them Compassion |
Book DescriptionReview “Humanity’s survival depends upon our learning to live in harmony with all other species. The second law of ecology is the law of interdependence. Without bees, phytoplankton, worms and trees we cannot live; without dogs, cats, horses, elephants and penguins we cannot be truly happy. We are a part of them as they are a part of us and together we are the planet Earth. Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone have done a wonderful service to us all with their stories of kindness and compassion. The book is truly inspiring.” — Captain Paul Watson, CEO and founder of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society“Thought-provoking… Animalkind will have you thinking about the creatures that share our planet — their astonishing capabilities and emotions, and the ways in which we could improve how we cohabit with them.” — Columbus Dispatch“What Animalkind reveals only reinforces my belief that some of the most brilliant individuals you could ever hope to meet have fur, fins or feathers.” — Alan Cumming, stage and screen actor“We share this planet and the same kingdom with the animals and although we feel superior to them, they have senses that far surpass ours. This book shows how much we have to learn from them beginning with compassion, simplicity and unconditional love. It is a must read.” — Dr. Marty Goldstein, author of The Nature of Animal Healing“With wisdom and eloquence, Ingrid Newkirk and Gene Stone remind us of what we’ve always known, but too often forget: animals are deserving of our care.” — Jonathan Safran Foer, New York Times bestselling author of Eating Animals“Compendious… Meant to evoke both admiration and empathy.” — The New York Times Book Review “This book makes the spot-on case that the future of laboratory research will not be based on four-legged or tail-wagging models, but rather on sophisticated, human-relevant and high-tech animal-free testing methods. As Newkirk and Stone point out, these modern technologies are delivering better human health outcomes and are benefiting patients, physicians and researchers.” — John Pawlowski, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical Faculty Physician“This is the book to buy, read, and give to others so that everyone finally sees why they should respect and cherish all animals.” — Anjelica Huston, Oscar winning actress“A resourceful guide…a treasure of greater compassion, integrity and awareness, Animalkind is both a moving compendium of animals’ remarkable intelligence and emotional complexity, and a manual of all the ways we can stop accepting and contributing to their slaughter and exploitation.” — Joy Williams, author The Quick and the Dead and The Changeling“Animalkind is a much-needed antidote to viewing other animals as second-class citizens and offers a fresh look into the cognitive and emotional lives of other animals. This thought provoking and engaging book will change your view of who other animals are and how you should interact with them in respectful and compassionate ways. It could be a game-changer.” — Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., author of The Emotional Lives of Animals Read more About the Author Ingrid Newkirk founded PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the largest animal rights organization in the world, with affiliates in eight countries, in 1980. She is the author of Save the Animals! 101 Things You Can Do, Kids Can Save the Animals, The Compassionate Cook, and several other books available in multiple languages.Gene Stone has written, cowritten, or ghost-written more than forty-five books on a wide variety of subjects, including the bestsellers Forks Over Knives, How Not to Die, Living the Farm Sanctuary Life, and The Engine 2 Diet.Mayim Bialik, Ph.D., is perhaps best known for her lead role as Blossom Russo in the 1990s television sitcom Blossom, and she currently appears on the top-rated comedy The Big Bang Theory. Bialik earned a B.S. from UCLA in 2000 in neuroscience and Hebrew and Jewish studies, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA in 2007. She designed a neuroscience curriculum for homeschoolers in Southern California, where she also teaches middle and high school students. Married to her college sweetheart with two young sons, Bialik is also a Certified Lactation Education Counselor. Visit her at MayimBialik.net. Read more Customers Review: I’m surprised by how much I enjoyed this book, and I’m not sure why .It’s written in a really engaging, sometimes joking, conversational way, even when talking about slime mold, of all things, which is actually a literal page-turner. I was moved to tears by the story about a young elephant’s efforts to comfort a dying relative, but was laughing minutes later while reading about crocodiles daintily picking flowers. The history major in me appreciated the passages recounting how the Black Death helped usher in fashion design, and how Charles Darwin helped lay the groundwork for animal rights. The book is a blend of amazing facts about animals’ sensitivity, intelligence and communication skllls, combined with discomforting information about how animals are still tortured in many ways, including for food, clothing, and experimentation, passages that were made all the more poignant after reading about how mice, (common “test subjects”), “sing” to each other ultrasonically. If you don’t already gaze at the birds in your backyard wondering what they’re saying, you will after reading Animalkind. | |
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