Marc Bekoff Ph.D

3 days ago | psychologytoday.com | Marc Bekoff Ph.D |Michelle Quirk

If you think an old dog would always welcome a young energetic puppy (a.k.a. intruder), think again. It's essential to know the older resident dog and possible newcomer very well. Senior dogs can have very rich lives, and we shouldn't write them off as being over the hill when they're not.

1 week ago | psychologytoday.com | Marc Bekoff Ph.D |Hara Estroff Marano

Source: Jan Koetsier/Pexels. All too often, books about the effects of animal agriculture extol how smart and deeply sentient so-called "farm animals" are, tell us how they suffer immensely during their horrific lives on factory farms, in transport trucks, and finally on their way to bloody killing floors—but then offer all sorts of weak anthropocentric apologies and contradictory messages for why it's still okay for us to eat them after all.

2 weeks ago | psychologytoday.com | Marc Bekoff Ph.D |Michelle Quirk

Her new book is a page-turning exposé of a beloved but morally ambiguous industry—and how it might be fixed. The purpose of caring for racehorses is the animal’s performance. Understanding racehorses as “livestock” is key to understanding the standard of care the horses receive. Source: Absolute Charm / PexelsEvery year, hundreds of racehorses break one of the myriad bones in their lower legs while training or competing in races, meaning that they must be euthanized.

3 weeks ago | psychologytoday.com | Marc Bekoff Ph.D |Gary Drevitch

Source: CARLOSCRUZ ARTEGRAFIA/Pexels. Numerous people who live a wide variety of companion animals (aka "pets") have been, or will be faced, with losing their nonhuman animal (animal) companion. It's a trying time for these caring humans and it's essential to honor the animals' lives when they transition on to unknown terrain.