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26 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Our Love for Pets
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
A controversial new book explains how pets make us human.
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A Lesson in Humility: Traveling with Beau
| Contributor(s):: Donald F. Smith
In Part 4 in a series of stories reflecting on a 2007 trip to Alaska with his dog, Beau, the drive across North Dakota was their worst day when Beau became ill. It proved to be the turning point in the experience of traveling with a dog and offered a dose of humility and common sense not...
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Are Pet Owners Really at Greater Risk of Cancer?
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
The surprising results of a new “big data” study of cancer rates in pet owners.
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Arriving at Anchorage: Traveling with Beau
| Contributor(s):: Donald F. Smith
In Part 9 in a series of stories reflecting on a 2007 trip to Alaska with his dog, Beau, the travelers stopped to admire the Matanuska Glacier before proceeding to Anchorage for a good night's sleep in a hotel and a rendezvous with Doris, Dr. Smith's wife who had flown in.
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Companion Animals Help People with Mental Health Problems
| Contributor(s):: Marc Bekoff
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Concatenamento
| Contributor(s):: Alessandra Bacci
Abstract"A cat is a cat, and that's all" (English popular saying). Literature, poetry always open eyes where, usually, we would look not, for example the world of the other animals, sometimes close together “as if ...”; but we know - at least - that what...
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Did Eating Human Poop Play a Role in the Evolution of Dogs?
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
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Do Dog Owners REALLY Make Better Lovers?
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
What does science say about the connection between love, sex and owning a dog?
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Do Pets Keep People Healthy?
| Contributor(s):: Katherine Compitus
"Zooeiya" describes the positive benefits of human-animal interactions.
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Do Therapy Dogs Belong in Hospital Emergency Rooms?
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
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Does Having a Pet Make You More Attractive?
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
Research into the surprising connections between pet ownership and sex appeal.
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Dogs Can't Cure Cancer
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
What a new study found about the effects of dog visitations on cancer patients.
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Encounters with Dead Pets: A Study of the Evolution of Grief
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
False recognitions of dead dogs and cats are common among grieving pet owners.
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Feature Story: Therapy dogs bring relief for stressed-out students
| Contributor(s):: Costa Maragos
Dogs can bring great comfort to people dealing with stress. Now research shows there are many therapeutic benefits to bringing therapy dogs to university campuses to help stressed-out students, particularly during final exam time. “We found that dogs offer students love and support. This is...
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From Ontario to Wisconsin: Traveling with Beau
| Contributor(s):: Donald F. Smith
In Part 3 in a series of stories reflecting on a 2007 trip to Alaska with his dog, Beau, the travelers cross northern Ontario into Michigan and Wisconsin and reach St. Croix Falls on the Minnesota border.
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Goodbye, old friend: Prevention of the unnecessary surrendering of companion animals among the elderly
| Contributor(s):: Karen Davis
AbstractBackground: Every day families are surrendering pets to animal shelters as their elderly owners transition to new living arrangements or begin to have difficulty keeping up with the animal’s care. Yet, for many seniors, their pets are their closest family members, the givers of...
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Here's Why Your Dog Might Not Be As Cute As You Think
| Contributor(s):: Harold Herzog
I always thought our yellow lab Tsali was the cutest dog in our neighborhood. But a study by Pauleen Bennett's Australian Anthrozoology Research Group at La Trobe University has given me second thoughts. The lead author of the study was Pinar Thorn. The researchers investigated attachment to...
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Indian street dogs and minding animals conference
| Contributor(s):: Fiona Probyn-Rapsey
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Lake Kluane: Traveling with Beau
| Contributor(s):: Donald F. Smith
In Part 8 in a series of stories reflecting on a 2007 trip to Alaska with his dog, Beau, the stop at Kluane National Park and Reserve offered views of some of the most majestic mountains in North America and a chance for Beau to run along the lake and get tangles of burrs in his coat.
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Lakes, Mountains and Grizzly Bears; Traveling-with-Beau
| Contributor(s):: Donald F. Smith
In Part 10 in a series of stories reflecting on a 2007 trip to Alaska with his dog, Beau, Beau was safely boarded in a veterinary clinic while Dr. Smith and his wife Doris drove south from Anchorage through the Kenai Peninsula to their ultimate destination at the ocean port of...
