Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's groundbreaking bestseller, "When
Elephants Weep," was the first book since Darwin's time to explore
emotions in the animal kingdom, particularly from animals in the
wild. Now, he focuses exclusively on the contained world of the
farm animal, revealing startling, irrefutable evidence that
barnyard creatures have feelings too, even consciousness.
Weaving history, literature, anecdotes, scientific studies, and
Masson's own vivid experiences observing pigs, cows, sheep, goats,
and chickens over the course of five years, this important book at
last gives voice, meaning, and dignity to these gentle beasts that
are bred to be milked, shorn, butchered, and eaten. Can we ever
know what makes an animal happy? Many animal behaviorists say no.
But Jeffrey Masson has a different view: An animal is happy if it
can live according to its own nature. Farm animals suffer greatly
in this regard. Chickens, for instance, like to perch in trees at
night, to avoid predators and to nestle with friends. The obvious
conclusion: They cannot be happy when confined twenty to a cage.
From field and barn, to pen and coop, Masson bears witness to the
emotions and intelligence of these remarkable farm animals, each
unique with distinct qualities. Curious, intelligent,
self-reliant-many will find it hard to believe that these
attributes describe a pig. In fact, there is much that humans share
with pigs. They dream, know their names, and can see colors. Mother
cows mourn the loss of their calves when their babies are taken
away to slaughter. Given a choice between food that is nutritious
or lacking in minerals, sheep will select the former, balancing
their diet and correcting the deficiency. Goats display quite a
sense of humor, dignity, and fearlessness (Indian goats have been
known to kill leopards). Chickens are naturally sociable-they will
gather around a human companion and stand there serenely preening
themselves or sit quietly on the ground beside someone they trust.
For far too long farm animals have been denigrated and treated
merely as creatures of instinct rather than as sentient beings.
Shattering the abhorrent myth of the "dumb animal without
feelings," Jeffrey Masson has written a revolutionary book that is
sure to stir "human" emotions far and wide.
"From the Hardcover edition."
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