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Our Symphony with Animals - On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies (Paperback)
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Our Symphony with Animals - On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies (Paperback)
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Loot Price R257
Discovery Miles 2 570
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A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Aysha
Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how
interspecies empathy enriches our well-being. Deftly combining
medicine, social history and personal experience, Our Symphony with
Animals is the first book by a physician to show how deeply the
well-being of humans and animals are entwined. Interwoven
throughout is Dr. Akhtar's own story of being a young girl who was
bullied in school and sexually abused by her uncle. Feeling
abandoned by humanity, it was only when she met Sylvester, a dog
who had also been abused, that she found strength for both of them.
Against the backdrop of her inspiring story, Dr. Akhtar asks, what
do we gain when we recognize our kinship with animals? She travels
around the country to tell the stories of a varied cast of
characters-including a former mobster, an industrial chicken
farmer, a Marine veteran-and comes face to face with a serial
killer. Through storytelling that is entertaining, profound, and
touching, Dr. Akhtar reveals what happens when we both break and
forge bonds with animals. She demonstrates how humans are
neurologically designed to empathize with animals, and how violence
against them goes against our nature. In equal measure, the love
and friendship we give to other species biologically reverberates
back to us. Humanity's compassion for animals is the next step in
our species' moral evolution and a vital component of our own
health. Our Symphony with Animals is the definitive account for why
our relationships with animals matter.
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