Marc Bekoff
Marc Bekoff is an American biologist, ethologist, behavioural ecologist and writer. He is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.Work
Bekoff is the co-founder, with Jane Goodall, of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim fellow. He lectures internationally on animal behavior, cognitive ethology, and behavioral ecology, and writes a science column about animal emotion for Psychology Today. He is an advocate for the compassionate conservation movement.
Bekoff is a vegan. He is also a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society, a charity campaigning against the exotic pet trade, and the use of non-human animals in circuses and zoos. In May 2010, he argued in an article for the Greater Good Science Center, "Expanding Our Compassionate Footprint," that human beings need to abandon human exceptionalism: "Research on animal morality is blossoming, and if we can break free of theoretical prejudices, we may come to better understand ourselves and the other animals with whom we share this planet."Selected works
Bekoff has written over 1000 articles and published 30 books, and has edited three encyclopedias. His books include the following:
- Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology.
- Nature's Purposes: Analyses of Function and Design in Biology
- Animal Play: Evolutionary, Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
- Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare
- The Cognitive Animal: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives on Animal Cognition
- Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart
- The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love
- Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect
- The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy and Why They Matter
- Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals
- The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons For Expanding Our Compassion Footprint
- Ignoring Nature No More: The Case for Compassionate Conservation
- Rewilding Our Hearts: Building Pathways of Compassion and Coexistence
- The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall
- The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age
- Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do
