Recommended Reading for Animal Lovers
Books! One the greatest pleasures in life. Luckily, they are also one of the most powerful tools you can have to advance your knowledge and career. These are some of the most valuable books in my collection for understanding the minds, needs and behaviours of animals, as well as training, ethics and captive welfare.
- Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals eds David Shepherdson, Jill Mellen and Michael Hutchins
- Mental Health and Well-Being in Animals ed. Franklin D McMillan
- Wild Mammals in Captivity eds D Kleiman, M Allen, K Thompson and S Lumpkin
- The Emotional Lives of Animals Marc Bekoff
- Wild Minds Marc Hauser
- Animal Cognition Clive D L Wynne
- Animal Minds: Beyond Cognition to Consciousness Donald R Griffin
- Cognitive Ethology: The Minds of Other Animals ed. Carolyn Ristau
- The Cognitive Animal eds Marc Bekoff, Colin Allen and Gordon Burghardt
- Animal Gospel Andrew Linzey
- Wild Health: How Wild Animals Keep Themselves Well Cindy Engel
- Zoobiquity Barbara Natterson Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers
- Chasing Dr Doolittle Con Slobodchikoff
- Smiling Bears Else Poulsen
- Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel Carl Safina
- Animal Madness Laurel Braitman
- Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation Marc Bekoff
- Ethics on the Ark: Zoos, Animal Welfare and Wildlife Conservation eds B Norton, M Hutchins, E Stevens and T Maple
- A Different Nature: A paradoxical world of zoos and their uncertain future David Hancocks
- An Introduction to Animals and the Law Joan Schaffner
- Stereotypic Animal Behaviour eds Georgia Mason and Jeffrey Rushen