Book: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat

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Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals
Hal Herzog
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“Everybody who is interested in the ethics of our relationship between humans and animals should read this book.”
—Temple Grandin, author of Animals Make Us Human

Hal Herzog, a maverick scientist and leader in the field of anthrozoology offers a controversial, thought-provoking, and unprecedented exploration of the psychology behind the inconsistent and often paradoxical ways we think, feel, and behave towards animals. A cross between Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Bill Bryson’s A Walk in the Woods, Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat, in the words of Irene M. Pepperberg, bestselling author of Alex & Me, “deftly blends anecdote with scientific research to show how almost any moral or ethical position regarding our relationship with animals can lead to absurd consequences.”


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I was feeling up to reading some non-fiction, and found this ebook in my kindle, so I read it. I remember reading the synopsis and going "I have to get this", and that's what I did. But it was so long ago, I sort of forgot of its existence, until I found it again.

I'm surprised at how easy a read this is. Author adds in interesting statistics (doesn't go overboard and bore you out), and also interesting anecdotes.

There are parts where he digresses just a bit too much, but it actually makes this feel more like a blog read.

Interesting facts and analysis, and probes at some real hard questions too. What would I do in some situations presented? I have no idea, and I don't really want to ponder that. Ah, the distancing thing he mentioned.