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020 _a9781510704299
028 _a:Zafaa Books & Distributors
_b:313/56F 49A, Anand Nagar Inderlok Delhi 110035
_c:ZBD0567
_d:11/09/2021
082 _a636.088 HEA
100 _aHearne, Vicki
245 _aAdam's Task
_b: Calling Animals by Name
_c/ Vicki Hearne;
260 _aLa Vergne
_b: Skyhorse Publishing,
_c2016.
300 _axx 204p.
_c24cm.
365 _b4420
505 _aFront Cover; Half-Title Page; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword by Karen Joy Fowler; Introduction by Donald McCaig; Preface to the 1994 Edition; 1. By Way of Explanation; 2. A Walk with Washoe: How Far Can We Go?; 3. How to Say "Fetch!"; 4. Tracking Dogs, Sensitive Horses and the Traces of Speech; 5. Crazy Horses; 6. Horses in Partnership with Time; 7. Calling Animals by Name; 8. The Sound of Kindness; 9. Lo the American (Pit) Bull Terrier; 10. What It Is about Cats; 11. Rights, Autism and the Rougher Magics; Afterword.
520 _aA groundbreaking meditation on our human-animal relationships and the moral code that binds it. Adam's Task, Vicki Hearne's innovative masterpiece on animal training, brings our perennial discussion of the human-animal bond to a whole new metaphysical level. Based on studies of literary criticism, philosophy, and extensive hands-on experience in training, Hearne asserts, in boldly anthropomorphic terms, that animals (at least those that interact more with humans) are far more intelligent than we assume. In fact, they are capable of developing an understanding of ""the good, "" a moral code that.
650 _aAgriculture
650 _aAnimal husbandry
650 _aHuman-animal communication.
650 _aAnimal training.
650 _aDomestic animals -- Behavior.
650 _aSCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
700 _aHearne, Vicki,
700 _aMcCaig, Donald;
700 _aFowler, Karen Joy
942 _cBOOK