BBC Gets Something Right - a good read...
Date: 2010-03-29
Radio 4 Start the Week had an interview today with Jonathan Balcombe. You would never guess from the write-up on the BBC website that he is vegan as well as an animal behaviourist. Listen again at the main link, and visit Balcombe's site here.
For years Jonathan Balcombe has studied animal behaviour. Formerly a Senior Research Scientist with Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine in Washington, his latest book, Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, argues animals are no less sentient than human beings, from the signature whistle of a dolphin to the empathy of higher moral feelings such as altruism, grief, trust, optimism, forethought and empathy. We may be the more powerful predator but Jonathan argues it is time for us to stop feeling superior and adopt instead a more humble, less oppressive relationship with animals.
Jonathan is giving a talk at the British Library on Monday 29 March and his book, Second Nature: The Inner Lives of Animals, is published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Check out the full story at www.bbc.co.uk.
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