Reddit reviews The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy ― and Why They Matter

Nice posting. Animals DO have emotions.

And quick reminder. Humans ARE animals, too.

I read on a changemyview thread that animals are not sentient therefore we can eat them... then they decided anyone who thinks animals are sentient need to back and take neuroscience courses...

Nevermind the fact that it's well established that animals are indeed conscious and capable of rich emotional lives.

I am Malala is a book I think most people should read given the turmoil in the middle east and how easy it is to hate someone you've never met. It's about the girl who was shot by the Taliban for learning how to read and encouraging womens rights.

Life and Death in Shanghai is a great one about what it's like to live in the slums of huge city in China.

Kiterunner is fiction, but heavily based on the authors own life about escaping the middle east as well

Why Elephants Weep is about Elephants and how they feel pain when they lose a member of their group, and will adopt orphan elephants, and even throw themselves in front of trains to try and save members of their group

A Mans Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl should be read by everyone, it's very short and touches on what makes life worth living and all that.

The emotional Lives of Animals is probably the most on target https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Lives-Animals-Scientist-Explores/dp/1577316290

Here is the mobile version of your link

I own more than I have read, but since I graduated I've been collecting and reading some volumes.

Here are links to a few on Amazon that I've particularly appreciated, in the order that I've liked them. The reviews speak for themselves.

http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Cognition-Mental-Lives-Animals/dp/0333923960/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1291930685&sr=8-3

http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Lives-Animals-Scientist-Explores/dp/1577316290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291930685&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Canine-Body-Language-Photographic-Interpreting/dp/1929242352/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1291930891&sr=8-2

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Dog-Understanding-Emotion-Friend/dp/0345477154/ref=pd_sim_b_6

Not on psychology, but a couple I found informative;

http://www.amazon.com/Bestiality-Zoophilia-Relations-Animals-Anthrozoos/dp/1847883540/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291930813&sr=8-1

http://www.amazon.com/Dearest-Pet-Bestiality-Midas-Dekkers/dp/1859843107/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291930813&sr=8-2

For some more evidence I recommend reading anything by Jonathan Balcome (like Pleasurable Kingdom) or Marc Bekoff (like The Emotional Lives of Animals)

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Vegan Intro:

http://vegankit.com/

Vegan Nutrition:

http://veganhealth.org/

http://www.theveganrd.com/food-guide-for-vegans

http://vegankit.com/eat

http://awellfedworld.org/whattoeat

http://jacknorrisrd.com/

Vegan Staples:

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General Recipes:

http://theveganstoner.blogspot.com/

http://www.theppk.com/recipes/

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianfamilies/qt/collegeveg.htm

http://www.collegiatevegan.com/recipes

http://www.foodandloathing.com/2012/10/the-easiest-beginners-vegan-recipes.html

http://www.theppk.com/recipes/

http://vegweb.com/

http://www.chooseveg.com/vegan-recipes.asp

http://www.tryveg.com/

Vegan on a Budget:

http://plantbasedonabudget.com/

http://www.peta.org/living/food/making-transition-vegetarian/ideas-vegetarian-living/vegetarian-eating-budget/

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/6-tips-to-eat-vegan-on-a-budget.html

http://www.cok.net/blog/2013/08/eating-vegan-on-a-budget/

Vegan fitness:

http://veganhealth.org/articles/athletes

http://veganhealth.org/articles/protein

http://www.nomeatathlete.com/where-vegetarians-get-protein/

http://www.nomeatathlete.com/vegetarian-recipes-for-athletes/

http://www.veganfitness.net/home/

http://veganbodybuilding.com/

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Surprising vegan foods:

http://www.peta.org/living/food/accidentally-vegan/

https://www.amazon.com/The-Emotional-Lives-Animals-Scientist/dp/1577316290/

http://fcmconference.org/img/CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf

Scientists generally agree that animals are conscious, have complex internal emotional lives, and generally are very similar to humans in those regards while plants aren't.

You may disagree, but a lot of people base their ethics on what scientists and professionals say, not what you say.

It means animals if you believe it does. Animals have feelings and can suffer just as much as any human. If you think that we are not "murdering" animals in slaughterhouses, you are sorely mistaken. Being abused, in pain, emotionally distraught and tortured, and then MURDERED is just that, murder. In the garden of Eden Adam and Eve were vegans, it was only after they were expelled that the idea even came about. Noah was a vegetarian until after the flood, at which time, God gave him PERMISSION to eat animals, but that is not the same thing as commanding them to.

If Adam and Eve were God's ideal vision of humanity in the beginning, why would you not strive to be that? There are BILLIONS of non-human animals murdered every YEAR, just in the US alone, and I'm sure a lot of that is wasted. Lives taken and then thrown away and not even used. Why cause suffering if you do not have to? Most human-animals do not NEED to eat meat/dairy, so why bother?

http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Lives-Animals-Scientist-Explores/dp/1577316290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462727585&sr=8-1&keywords=the+emotional+lives+of+animals

This book really opened my eyes when I was 15. If you believe the commandment includes non-human animals, it is your belief. You cannot make others believe it, but they cannot make you NOT believe it. If God is love we should extend that to all beings and stop abusing the Earth and our fellow Earthlings the way we do. If you have seen footage from inside factory farms there is no other way to call it, other than torture and murder.