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"I'm  professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the  University of Colorado, Boulder, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior  Society, and a past Guggenheim Fellow. In 2000 I was awarded the  Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term  contributions to the field of animal behavior. I'm also an ambassador  for Jane Goodall's international Roots & Shoots program, in which I  work with students of all ages, senior citizens, and inmates and I'm  co-chair of the Ethics Committee of the Jane Goodall Institute. Jane and  I co-founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of  Animals: Citizens for Responsible Animal Behavior Studies in 2000. I'm  also on the science advisory board for Project Coyote and have been part  of the international program Science and the Spiritual Quest II and the  American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) program on  Science, Ethics, and Religion  In 2009 I became a member of the  Scientific Expert Advisory Panel of Voiceless and in 2009 I was  presented with the St. Francis of Assisi Award by the Auckland (New  Zealand) SPCA. In 2022 I was recognized as a hero by the  Academy of Dog Trainers. I've  also served on the Board of Directors for Minding Animals  International for many years and am a member of Colorado's Governor's  Council for Animal Protection (GCAP)."

"For  decades my main areas of research have included animal behavior,  cognitive ethology (the study of animal minds), behavioral ecology,  and compassionate conservation, and I've also written extensively on  human-animal interactions and animal protection. My research and writing  reflect my on-going and eclectic interests that center on the basic  tenets of compassionate conservation, namely, "First do no harm" and the  life of every individual matters 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. You can read more about compassionate  conservation and find many references here and here."

"I've  published numerous essays (popular, scientific, and book chapters) and  30/40 books (depending on how you count multivolume encyclopedias) that  have been translated into 21 languages. My books include Species of Mind: The Philosophy and Biology of Cognitive Ethology (with Colin Allen), Nature's Purposes: Analyses of Function and Design in Biology (edited with Colin Allen and George Lauder), Animal play: Evolutionary, Comparative, and Ecological Perspectives (edited with John Byers), Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare, and a book on the lighter side, Nature's Life Lessons: Everyday Truths from Nature . My children's book Strolling with Our Kin  was published in Fall 2000  as was The Smile of a Dolphin: Remarkable Accounts of Animal Emotions. The Cognitive Animal: Empirical and theoretical perspectives on animal cognition (edited with Colin Allen and Gordon Burghardt) appeared in 2002 as did Minding Animals: Awareness, Emotions, and Heart and Jane Goodall and my The Ten Trusts: What we must do to care for the animals we love. I've also edited a three volume Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (2004) and a collection of my essays titled Animal Passions and Beastly Virtues: Reflections on Redecorating Nature was published in 2006. A four-volume Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships: A Global Exploration of our Connections with Animals and Cara Blessley Lowe and my edited  book of readings on cougars titled Listening to Cougars were published in 2007.  My book Animals Matter: A Biologist Explains Why We Should Treat Animals with Compassion and Respect  also was published in 2007 and Temple University Press published my children's book, Animals at Play: Rules of the Game in 2008."

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