Home / Authors / Marc Bekoff

Marc Bekoff Quotes

Professor

Marc Bekoff is a renowned animal behaviorist and ethicist, born on September 6, 1945. He is a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he conducts research on the social behavior, cognitive abilities, and moral emotions of animals. Bekoff's work in animal behavior has had a broad impact, revealing complex social interactions and emotional communication among animals.

Filter quotes by topic

All Animal Humans Compassion Mean Results Social World Can Do Consumption Cruelty Doe Emotion Empathy Ethics Feelings Fishes Fishing Giving Ifs Including

Famous Marc Bekoff Quotes

“Lacking a shared language, emotions are perhaps our most effective means of cross-species communication. We can share our emotions, we can understand the language of feelings, and that's why we form deep and enduring social bonds with many other beings. Emotions are the glue that binds.”

Mean Feelings Form Language Social Emotion Share Communication Crosses Species Endure Lacking Glue Social Bonds

Book:The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter

Source: The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy — and Why They Matter

“Many animals experience pain, anxiety and suffering, physically and psychologically, when they are held in captivity or subjected to starvation, social isolation, physical restraint, or painful situations from which they cannot escape. Even if it is not the same experience of pain, anxiety, or suffering undergone by humans- or even other animals, including members of the same species- an individual's pain, suffering, and anxiety matter.”

Source: Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect

“Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false picture and is responsible for much suffering. It is part of the in-group/out-group mentality that leads to human oppression of the weak by the strong as in ethic, religious, political, and social conflicts.”

Humans Political Suffering Strong Social Religious Human Beings Animal Groups Conflict Ethics Weak Responsible Separation Kingdoms Oppression Mentality Animal Kingdom

Book:Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation

Source: Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation