Just a quick note...
Hello John,
Freedom for Animals' Director, Sam Threadgill here.
I am delighted to be sharing another heart-felt message with you from one of our Patrons and expert animal welfare advisors. Take a read of what our Patron and Professor of Biology Marc Bekoff, has to say below!
We couldn't responsibly or effectively deliver our work without the input and backing of experts in animal behaviour, veterinary science, law, welfare and campaigning. So when you take part in our campaigns for animals, you know you are contributing to campaigns that can truly make a difference to animals.
This month we are urgently seeking 40 new Freedom Chmapions to join us, to make sure we can enter July with the funds and support we need to deliver our campaigns for the rest of 2021. I hope you can be one of those special people by joining us today.
Thank you.
For the animals,
Sam Threadgill
Freedom for Animals
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Hello John,
My name is Marc Bekoff. I am a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. I have a keen interest in animal minds, compassionate conservation and animal protection.
Like you, I want to see a world where animals are treated as individuals who matter because they are alive and have intrinsic value, not because of what they can do for us. Treating every individual with respect and dignity is the decent thing to do.
That is why I am a Patron of Freedom for Animals.
I support their campaigns against the keeping of animals in zoos. The impact of captivity on animals has been documented by Freedom for Animals over and over again. Crucial findings in the campaign to protect animals and end their unnecessary captivity.
I reviewed footage of Zara the polar bear, who was held captive by the company ‘Amazing Animals’ who supply animals to the media industry. Zara was showing clear signs of stress when being made to perform, clear from her repeated pacing on the spot and repeatedly shaking her head, classic stereotypic behaviours. To think she lived and died in captivity is tragic.
Again I saw these troubling behaviours in wolfdogs held captive at Borth Wild Animal Kingdom. Pacing continuously back and forth or in circles. The psychological torture of these animals at Borth Wild Animal Kingdom is plain to see.
Freedom for Animals is one of very few organisations fighting to end the captivity of animals and their use as objects for entertainment.
So today I invite you to be a part of these vital campaigns for animals, by signing up as a Freedom Champion. Your monthly donation will help advance the protection of animals, fight to end their exploitation and give them the freedom they deserve.
Thank you.
For the animals,
Prof Marc Bekoff
Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado (Boulder USA)
(Pictured with Bessie)
P.S. Join me and the team at Freedom for Animals today, by becoming a Freedom Champion. Thank you.
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About Marc Bekoff
Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has published 31 books, won many awards for his research on animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection, has worked closely with Jane Goodall, and is a former Guggenheim Fellow. He also works closely with inmates at the Boulder County Jail.
Marc's latest books are The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age (with Jessica Pierce), Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, and Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible (with Jessica Pierce) and he also publishes regularly for Psychology Today. Marc and Jessica have a new book called A Dog's World: Imagining the Lives of Dogs in a World Without Humans that will be published by Princeton University Press in fall 2021. In 1986 Marc won the Master's age-graded Tour de France.
His homepage is marcbekoff.com
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