Animals are more than we give them credit for and their emotional and moral lives matter very much to them, as they should to us. We must expand our compassion footprint and build corridors of compassion and coexistence and rewild our hearts.

Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, a Fellow of the Animal Behavior Society, and a former Guggenheim Fellow. In 2009 Marc became a member of The Humane Society University and a Scholar-In-Residence at the Institute for Human-Animal Connection at the University of Denver's Graduate School of Social Work and was also presented with the Saint Francis of Assisi Award by the New Zealand SPCA.

In 2000 he was awarded the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society for major long-term contributions to the field of animal behavior. Marc is also an ambassador for Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots program, in which he works with students of all ages, senior citizens and prisoners.

Marc has published more than 200 scientific and popular essays and twenty-two books including Minding Animals, the Ten trusts(with Jane Goodall), The Emotional Lives of Animals, Animals Matter, Animals at Play: Rules of the Game (an award-winning children's book), Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals (with Jessica Pierce), The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion Footprint, and the Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships , the Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior ), and two editions of the Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare.

In 2005 Marc was presented with The Bank One Faculty Community Service Award for the work he has done with children, senior citizens, and prisoners. In 1986 he became the first American to win his age-class at the Tour du Var bicycle race (also called the Master's/age-graded Tour de France).

Among Marc's hobbies are cycling, skiing, hiking, and reading spy novels.

Visit Marc's website at: http://literati.net/Bekoff

With Jane Goodall: www.ethologicalethics.org

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