Marc bekoff books

animal minds, compassionate conservation, animal protection

I'm professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. In 2000 I was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. I'm also an ambassador for Jane Goodall's international Roots & Shoots program, in which I work with students of all ages, senior citizens, and prisoners and co-chair of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. Jane and I co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000. I'm on the Board of Directors of The Cougar Fund and on the science advisory board for Project Coyote. I've also been part of the international program Science and the Spiritual Quest II and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) program on Science, Ethics, and Religion  In 2009 I became a member of

Marc Bekoff

A professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Marc has published 31 books (or 41, depending on how you count multi-volume encyclopedias). He has won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, has worked closely with Jane Goodall as co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works closely with inmates at the Boulder County Jail.

In June 2022, Marc was recognized as a Hero by the Academy of Dog Trainers. His books include The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age(with Jessica Pierce), Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, and Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible (with Jessica Pierce). His most recent book with Jessica, A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans, was published in October 2021. Marc’s latest book Dogs Demystified: An A

Marc Bekoff (born September 6, 1945) is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[1][2] He currently lives in Colorado and lectures internationally on issues of animal behavior, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and behavioral ecology.[3]

Biography[]

Bekoff was born in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

Like Jane Goodall, Marc Bekoff is an ethologist, which means a scientist who studies animal behavior. With Goodall, he co-founded Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies.[4]

Bekoff is a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society, a charity campaigning for an end to the use of non-human animals in circuses, zoos and the exotic pet trade.[5]

In May 2010, Bekoff wrote a piece on "Expanding Our Compassionate Footprint" for the Greater Good Science Center's online magazine. He argued that humans can learn from and should incorporate the empathy displayed elsewhere within the animal kingdom: "...if we wa

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