PART II of the interview with Marc Bekoff: ‘More compassion for animals feeds into more compassion for people.’
This is the second part of the interview with Marc Bekoff, vegan and professor emeritus Ecology and Evolutionairy Biology from the University of Colorado.
INTERVIEW – PART I:
Most people attribute emotions to their companion animals, but not to chickens, pigs, cows or other non-companion animals. We treat the animals we eat different than our pets. Biologist Dr. Marc Bekoff is hopeful and makes a call for a more compassionate world where people treat one another and animals better.
PART I of the interview with Marc Bekoff: ‘Animals have emotions and morality’
It took some time, but finally it is online: the first part of the interview with Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus Ecology and Evolutionairy Biology from the University of Colorado, and specialized in the social behaviour and emotional lives of animals. As a bonus there is a video, with many thanks to Robin Van Nuffel!
The interview has been published in the science magazine EOS (in Dutch) and can be downloaded here.
The second part of the interview ”More compassion for animals feeds into more compassion for people’ will be published online soon.
The Cove and 11 facts on dolphin higher cognitive functioning
Image credit: Ramiro Espinoza
In 2003 I had a close encounter with a Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) along the shores of Peninsula Valdez, Argentina. I was impressed by the gentle way in which a whale glided along the boat; touching it smoothly and again not, saying hello in it’s own way. If I wouldn’t have been so stunned I could just have made contact with this intelligent and sensitive animal.
The intelligence of dolphins – and other cetaceans – has been well documented and is widely accepted in science. Cetaceans have large brains in relation to the size of their bodies. It is also known that Cetaceans are not only intelligent, but use tools, display a sense of self-awareness, have emotional responses, can master a symbolic language and coordinate social behaviour.
