Companionship: Our Story with Animals (translated Documentary)
About This Novel
A neurologist asks: How does our empathy for animals profoundly affect human health? What is home? Are companion animals part of our family? How can animals help treat mental illness and trauma? Is there a strong correlation between violence against animals and violence against humans? Are we hurting along with animals? How to walk with animals? What happens when we make or break connections with animals? How are humans neurologically designed to empathize with animals? How does violence against animals go against our nature? An expert in animal ethics and neuroscience, Dr. Akhtar studies the relationship between humans and animals and how empathy for animals enriches ourselves. Companion deftly combines medicine, social history, and individual experience to show how closely the well-being of humans and animals is intertwined. Woven throughout is Akhtar's own story. As a child, she encountered bullying at school and sexual abuse at home. Until she meets a puppy named Sylvester, everything changes. Dr. Akhtar asks, what do we gain when we recognize our kinship with animals? She travels the country telling the stories of a variety of people, including a veteran, a serial killer, a gang member and a rancher. Living Together is a journey to understand the nature of human health and ask how our empathy (or lack thereof) for animals affects human health in the deepest sense.
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