Animals make us human : creating the best life for animals / Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780151014897
- ISBN: 0151014892
- Physical Description: 342 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. What do animals need? -- 2. A dog's life -- 3. Cats -- 4. Horses -- 5. Cows -- 6. Pigs -- 7. Chickens and other poultry -- 8. Wildlife -- 9. Zoos. |
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Subject: | Emotions in animals. Animal behavior. |
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Upper Skagit Library | 636.08 GRA | 1009530 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
TEMPLE GRANDIN earned her Ph.D. in animal science from the University of Illinois and went on to become an associate professor at Colorado State University. She is the author of four previous books, including the national bestsellers Thinking in Pictures and Animals in Translation. Grandin spearheaded reform of the quality of life and humaneness of death for the worldâs farm animals. Through her company, Grandin Livestock Systems, she works with the countryâs fast-food purveyors to monitor the conditions of animal facilities worldwide. She lectures widely on both animal science and autism.
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CATHERINE JOHNSON, Ph.D., is a writer specializing in neuropsychiatry and the brain. She cowrote Animals in Translation and served as a trustee of the National Alliance for Autism Research for seven years. She lives with her husband and three sonsâtwo of whom have autismâin New York.