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How Much Solidarity Do You Feel With Animals?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
Five questions that measure how much you identify with animals.
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Do Pet Owners Have Lower Suicide Rates?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
Available research indicates that having a pet does not have a protective effect on suicide rates, but suicide is a rare event, and the sample sizes in the few studies were small.
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Do Purebreds (But Not Mutts) Reduce Dog Owner Death Rates?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
A major Swedish study of dog ownership and human mortality rates found that owners of a purebred, but not a mixed-breed dog, had lower mortality rates than non-owners.
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Do Children With Cats Have More Mental Health Problems?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
Researchers explain why there are so few studies of human-cat relationships.
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Cats Are Attached to Humans, After All
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Sebastian Ocklenburg
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Does Having Pets Really Make Us Healthier?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
New studies find little support for a "Pet Effect" on physical or mental health.
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Can Dogs Help Solve Our Childhood Obesity Problem?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
New studies show how dogs impact the weight and activity levels of kids.
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Why Do People Think Animals Make Good Therapists?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
New study helps explain why the "animal-assisted therapy" meme has gone viral.
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Animal-less homes
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Erasmo de Oliveira
This is where my work completely diverges from what is called Stone Age activism or animal cause. Read and understand:
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Do Pets Keep People Healthy?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Katherine Compitus
"Zooeiya" describes the positive benefits of human-animal interactions.
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26 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Our Love for Pets
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
A controversial new book explains how pets make us human.
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Indian street dogs and minding animals conference
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
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Media Coverage of Pet Therapy Research Often Gets It Wrong
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
What a study of therapy dogs on kids with cancer really found.
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Therapy Dogs or Robots for Nursing Home Residents?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
A new study compares the impact of robots and therapy dogs in nursing homes.
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Are Pet Owners Really at Greater Risk of Cancer?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
The surprising results of a new “big data” study of cancer rates in pet owners.
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The Beneficial Effects of Animals on Children With Autism
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
Do children with autism disorders respond differently to animals?
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Encounters with Dead Pets: A Study of the Evolution of Grief
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
False recognitions of dead dogs and cats are common among grieving pet owners.
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Eating Cats
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
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Do Dog Owners REALLY Make Better Lovers?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
What does science say about the connection between love, sex and owning a dog?
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Did Eating Human Poop Play a Role in the Evolution of Dogs?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
