Animal Happiness: Moving Exploration of Animals and Their Emotions - From Cats and Dogs to Orangutans and Tortoises

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A New York Times Notable Book of 1994! Highly respected author, philosopher, and animal trainer Vicki Hearne offers a treasure trove of animal anecdotes, all written in her unique and poetic style. Through entertaining stories about cats, horses, an ornamental carp, a scorpion, and tortoises, Hearne focuses on how each of these various creatures experiences happiness in its own special way. She takes issue with Ludwig Wittgenstein on lions and language, discusses the naming of pets, and considers the process of mourning a loved dogs death.

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"'When Ms. Hearne relates a...story, the animals become full-fledged characters, as brightly delineated as people created by Dickens or Twain.' New York Times"

Author Bio

Vicki Hearne was an animal trainer for more than twenty-five years. The author of the widely praised Bandit: Dossier of a Dangerous Dog, she received a 1992 award for outstanding literary achievement from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters.