Bioethicist Jessica Pierce’s new book Who’s a Good Dog?; And How to Be a Better Human, publishing this month from University of Chicago Press, is “an invitation to nurture more thoughtful and balanced relationships with our canine companions,’ presenting her readers with both the biology as well as the psychology of dogs, and guiding them toward a better informed understanding of what dogs need in their relationships with us.
Famous during his short early twentieth-century lifetime for the remarkable work he did, Muggins quickly became beloved by both citizens and soldiers alike during the the period of World War One as he padded the streets of not only Victoria, British Columbia with his little collection boxes, but far and wide as well.
As I learned all-too-well back in late 2016 when I published a review of Peter P. Marra’s & Chris Santella’s “Cat Wars,” entering into any discussion about the potential harm to the environment or ecosystem caused by companion animals is a sure way to incite the ire of a small but highly vocal portion of the human population.
Just what would you do for a pet fish? Would you pay $100 for one? $1000? $10,000? Would you lie? Cheat? Steal? Would you kidnap another person? Would you kill for one? While this may seem hyperbolic, when it comes to the Asian Arowana, the subject of Emily Voigt’s The Dragon Behind the Glass; A […]