![]() Violence against animals goes against our nature. Humans are neurologically designed to empathize with animals. Feeling abandoned by humanity, it was only when she met Sylvester, a dog who had also been abused, that she find the strength to sound the alarm for them both. ![]() Akhtar’s own story, an immigrant who was bullied in school and abused by her uncle. ![]() Drawing on the accounts of a varied cast of characters-a former mobster, a pediatrician, an industrial chicken farmer, a serial killer, and a deer hunter-to reveal what happens when we both break and forge bonds with animals. When we include animals in our circle of empathy, we not only liberate animals, we also liberate ourselves. ![]() Akhtar reveals how empathy for animals is the next step in our species’ moral evolution and a vital component of human health. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches our well-being.ĭeftly combining medicine, social history and personal experience, Our Symphony with Animals is the first book by a physician to show that humans and animals have a shared destiny-our well-being is deeply entwined.ĭr. ![]() Our Symphony with Animals On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies Aysha AkhtarĪ leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. ![]()
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