![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The second chapter moves to the other side of the equation to reveal the damage humans do to themselves - and other people - when they hurt animals. Akhtar explores human treatment of animals during and after natural disasters interactions relating to domestic violence companion animals in long chronic care and PTSD cases and how they have helped psychiatric patients and prison inmates. The author, a leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, shares her own story of the difference a dog, Sylvester, made to her own life and struggle with childhood abuse.Īs Carl Safina (author of Beyond Words) says in the Foreword, ' these stories are about recovery, renewal and hope.' They fall into three parts - Healing with Animals, Breaking with Animals and Joining with Animals - all addressing the question, ' how does our empathy with animals - and lack of it - affect our health in the deepest sense of the word?' Aysha Akhtar's Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies explores how the kind of relationship we have with different animals support or damage our humanity. Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies by Aysha Akhtarĭr. ![]()
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