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Marc Bekoff (born September 6, 1945) is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.[1] He is the co-founder, with Jane Goodall, of Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals,[2] a fellow of the Animal Behavior Society and a former Guggenheim fellow. He lectures internationally on animal behavior, cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), and behavioral ecology, and writes a science column about animal emotion for Psychology Today.[3]
Bekoff is a vegan.[4] He is also a patron of the Captive Animals Protection Society, a charity campaigning against the exotic pet trade, and the use of non-human animals in circuses and zoos.[5] In May 2010 he argued in an article for the Greater Good Science Center, "Expanding Our Compassionate Footprint," that human beings need to abandon human exceptionalism: "Research on animal morality is blossoming, and if we can break free of theoretical prejudices, we may come to better understand ourselves and the other animals with whom we share this planet."[6]
Bekoff has written over 800 articles and 22 books, and has edited three encyclopedias.[2] His books include the following:
Peter Singer, Immanuel Kant, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Hinduism, Buddhism
Animal rights, Tofu, Vegetarianism, Mahatma Gandhi, Calcium
New York City, Long Island, Queens, Manhattan, Staten Island
Animal rights, Ethics, Veganism, Bioethics, Peter Singer
Animal rights, Human rights, Peter Singer, Veganism, Paul McCartney
Species, Copenhagen Zoo, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Salford, Biodiversity
Animal rights, Paul McCartney, Animal welfare, Animal cognition, Animal testing
Animal rights, Animal welfare, Paul McCartney, Animal cognition, Animal testing