Personalities on the Plate: The Lives and Minds of Animals We Eat

by Barbara J. King and Adam Pluszka

Book Overview

In recent years, scientific advances in our understanding of animal minds have led to major changes in how we think about, and treat, animals in zoos and aquariums. The general public, it seems, is slowly coming to understand that animals like apes, elephants, and dolphins have not just brains, but complicated inner and social lives, and that we need to act accordingly.

Yet that realization hasn't yet made its presence felt to any great degree...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022619518X
• ISBN13: 9780226195186
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"