Jeffrey Masson
- Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson is the bestselling author of 9 books on the emotional life of animals. His book,DOGS NEVER LIE ABOUT LOVE, has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. Jeff lives with his family in Auckland New Zealand.
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Orcas Who Play with Their Food
You probably know the orca by its other name: the killer whale. This name is old. In 1835, R. Hamilton wrote that the killer whale “…has the character of being exceedingly voracious and warlike. It devours an immense number of … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rights, Animals, Vegetarianism and Veganism
Tagged absence of in orca society, apex predators, baby lambs, baby seals, compassion in orcas, culture in orcas, daniel defoe, empathy, enormous brains of orcas, genocide, Howard Garrett, Jewish grandmothers, killer whales, Lyall Watson, Maori elders, murder, Naomi Rose, not eating meat, orca aggression, orcas, orcas and humans, orcas and tyranny, orcas don't kill each other, rape, sentimentality, spindle cells, torture, tyrants, Upanishads, vegan choice, vegetarianism
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Peaceable Kingdom
Some years ago I conducted a fairly ordinary experiment in group living: I introduced a baby rabbit, two baby rats, a kitten, a puppy, and a rooster and a chick to one another at a very early age, and surprise, … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rights, Animals, Uncategorized
Tagged animal compassion, animal rights, apex predators, benign animal experiments, jeffrey masson, kittens and rabbits as friends, orcas, peaceable kingdom, pet chickens, pet rats, prey species, rabbits, sentimentalism, veganism, violence, walking on the beach with cats, watering holes
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Crocs and Us
Crocs and Us . Recently we were warned that there was a great white shark swimming not far from our house on the beach in Auckland. Nobody entered the ocean for weeks. If you told me the chances of being … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rights, Animals
Tagged alpha predator, altruism in animals, altruistic behavior in animals, American alligator, apex predator, compassion in animals, crocodiles, fatal crocodile attacks, gueltas, Mauritania, Nile crocodile, orcas, sacred crocodiles, Saltwater crocodile, supreme predator, young crocodiles distress call
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What distinguishes humans from animals?
For years the myth was of “Man the Hunter.” Gone now, thank god. But in its place do we really need to be “Man the hunted?” That humans have always been prey to larger, better equipped predators like the big … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rights, Animals
Tagged altruism., animal liberators, apex predators, big cats, bystanders, human, hunt, jeffrey masson, jesus ants, killing animals, orcas, war, Wolves
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Dogs and Language
Homo homini lupus is Latin for “man is a wolf to man.” What is this supposed to mean? Presumably that wolves kill each other exactly as do men. Or that wolves kill humans as humans kill humans. But wolves kill … Continue reading
Do we really know anything about intelligence in dogs or humans?
Yesterday I visited a friend whose backyard garden always enchants me: there are doves flying free who come back to their dovecote in the giant Pohutakawa tree; she has two ultra-tame chickens running free (there are no native mammals in … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Rights, Books, Dogs
Tagged animal empathy, animal intelligence, coevolution, dogs, the dog who couldn't stop loving
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