Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals

by Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce

Book Overview

Scientists have long counseled against interpreting animal behavior in terms of human emotions, warning that such anthropomorphizing limits our ability to understand animals as they really are. Yet what are we to make of a female gorilla in a German zoo who spent days mourning the death of her baby? Or a wild female elephant who cared for a younger one after she was injured by a rambunctious teenage male? Or a rat who refused to push a lever for food...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226041611
• ISBN13: 9780226041612
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"