UUAM January Book Group

The book we will begin discussing in January is The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy ― and Why They Matter, by Marc Bekoff (2024). From the description: "Bekoff skillfully blends extraordinary stories of animal joy, empathy, grief, embarrassment, anger, and love with the latest scientific research confirming the existence of emotions that common sense and experience have long implied. Filled with light humor and compassion, The Emotional Lives of Animals is a clarion call for reassessing both how we view and how we treat animals." Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. To RSVP or for more information, contact Maureen McConaghy at alsklinng@gmail.com.