The Bond: Our Kinship With Animals, Our Call To Defend Them (2011) - Plot & Excerpts
This book is a must-read for the animal lover, the animal neighbor, community member, person with a conscience, and at the very least, the human. The topics are sensitive but the author delivers them in a manageable way for even the most sensitive reader. We need to be aware of these issues. If you have ever felt any compassion for a pet, a caged animal in a zoo, a hurt bird on the sidewalk, or a neighbors' cat, please take the time to read this book. I was pretty disappointed with this book, for a few different reasons.When I begin reading books about animals (especially companion animals) I usually expect some amount of agenda-driving, political maneuvering. However, that is pretty much all this book contained- stories about how terrible humans can be towards pets and livestock, and how we have been so terrible throughout this history of "our bond". The book was very depressing, and mentions mostly ways in which we harm animals, and how the author's agency, HSUS, has been attempting to rectify this situation. It leads many to believe that conservation agencies and officers are simply hiding under a title, and shooting animals for pleasure or fun (not scientific reasoning- for which most officers have to graduate with a degree in Biology for).Overall, I was pretty disgusted with this book and several of its misleading ideas. I admire any work done to help animals; however, this author seems to throw many other agencies under the bus, while championing his own. Don't believe everything you read, and do your own research.
What do You think about The Bond: Our Kinship With Animals, Our Call To Defend Them (2011)?
I just couldn't finish it... Finally gave up.
—Faati
