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The Powerful Bond between People and Pets: Our Boundless Connections to Companion Animals

The Powerful Bond between People and Pets: Our Boundless Connections to Companion Animals

Anderson, P. Elizabeth

Hardcover

Series: Practical and Applied Psychology

Medical ReferenceGeneral PsychologyPets: General

ISBN10: 0275989054
ISBN13: 9780275989057
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Jan 1 2008
Pages: 280
Weight: 1.31
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.42 Depth: 9.32
Language: English

An engaging and science-based examination of people and companion animals, this book shows how their lives are inextricably intertwined, what the impact has been on culture and on society, the reasons people go to great lengths to care for and protect their beloved animals, and why the grief when they are lost is so profound and unique. Anderson, a longtime animal welfare advocate, also shows how we conversely ignore the suffering of some animals. She explains what can be done about this dissonance and what the future holds.

Beginning with the history of the human-animal bond, which dates to the Paleolithic era, Anderson takes us through the evolution of domestication and surveys companion animals around the world. The biological, behavioral, and psychosocial bases of the relationship between humans and their companion animals are examined, as is whether the companion animals are adversely affected as they are embedded into the human world. The expansive and unusual therapeutic benefits of companion animals is included as well, as are ways they are protected, ranging from medical efforts to legal battles over wills and custody.

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