by Hal Herzog
For many years, my scholarly home has been the International Society for Anthrozoology, an enthusiastic group of researchers who transcend traditional academic pigeon holes. I am especially indebted to Arnie Arluke, Alan Beck, Ben and Lynette Hart, Anthony Podberscek, and James Serpell for their encouragement and their contributions to the study of human-animal relationships. I owe much to the ethologist Gordon Burghardt, my longtime mentor and friend. Paul Rozin and Jon Haidt, psychologists for whom thinking outside the box seems to come easy, have deeply influenced my views on the psychology of morality.
David Henderson and Chris Diehm helped clarify the intricacies of animal rights philosophies for me. Rob Bass and Gail Dean read most chapters, and this book is much better for their insight and critiques. Joyce Moore of City Lights Bookstore in Sylva, North Carolina convinced me that publishers might actually be interested in a book on why it is so hard to think straight about animals. When in need of literary inspiration, I turned to Harry Greene, Robert Sapolsky, Elmore Leonard, and Merle Haggard.
This book would not have been published except for the efforts of my agents Jennifer Gates and Rachel Sussman. Jennifer saw potential in my fledgling idea (about which another agent told me “No one would want to read about that”). Rachel worked tirelessly to shape the proposal that formed the core of the book, always gently drumming into my head that a good book is more than a collection of interesting anecdotes. The editorial staff at Harper has been a dream team. Executive editor Gail Winston was the perfect task master. She reined me in when I needed it and became the little voice in my head that said, “Always remember that your readers are smart.” The sentences are better for the skilled hand of Amy Vreeland who also asked the right questions. Jason Sack was adept at shepherding the manuscript through the production process. Publisher Jonathan Burnham immediately understood the book’s message and had the insight to know that it needed an additional chapter.
I could not ask for better colleagues than the faculty of the Psychology Department at Western Carolina University. They continue to be extraordinarily tolerant when I barge into their offices waving the latest dog breed graph or railing about a new research paper I have run across. For twenty years, Bruce Henderson and David McCord have read drafts of my papers and let me know when I made a wrong turn. Much of my research has been conducted in collaboration with graduate and undergraduate students at Western Carolina University. I hope they had as much fun as I did.
Writing a book can make you crazy, and I got by with a little help from my friends—actually lot of help. My longtime kayaking pals helped me keep things in perspective by reminding me when I needed to go with the flow. For nearly fifteen years, I have recharged my batteries every Tuesday night playing old time mountain music at Guadalupe’s Restaurant and Spring Street Café with a cast of great musicians led by fiddler extraordinaire Ian Moore. And thanks to Jen and Faye for the (cruelty free) goat tacos and beer. Special thanks go to Mac Davis who I met when we moved into a small farmhouse up Sugar Creek. He was across the road plowing his tobacco field with a mule. Thirty-five years later, I am still running ideas by him, including many contained in this book.
My family has been extraordinarily supportive during the months I spent buried in a dingy basement office amid piles of reprints and stale cups of cold coffee. My brother, sister, and mother were a source of constant encouragement. My collaborator-for-life is my wife, Mary Jean, who early in our relationship proved her mettle by helping demonstrate that angry mother alligators would actually attack a human intruder in defense of their young. More recently, she uncomplainingly read every sentence in this book a least a half dozen times and has generally kept me sane. She is the best. Our children, Adam, Katie, and Betsy, all fine writers, cheerfully critiqued chapters. I could always rely on them for honest advice like, “Dad, this sentence sucks.”
Finally, a Crunchy Salmon Treat to Tilly, who spent many a drowsy afternoon lying in a rocking chair, keeping me company and watching me write, occasionally meowing so I would rub her belly, reminding me why we bring animals into our lives.
About the Author
HAL HERZOG is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on human–animal relations. His research has been published in prestigious academic journals, including Science, the Proceedings of the Royal Society, American Psychologist, the American Scholar, Journal of Social Issues, and the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. His work has also been featured in Newsweek, USA Today, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Scientific American, New Scientist, Science Daily, the London Times, and on Slate, CNN, National Public Radio’s Morning Edition, and MSNBC. He is a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University and lives in the Great Smoky Mountains with his wife and their cat, Tilly.
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ADDITIONAL PRAISE FOR
SOME WE LOVE, SOME WE HATE, SOME WE EAT
“Hal Herzog embraces the complexities of our relationships with nonhuman animals and helps us make sense of the contradictions. Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat will likely turn some die-hard meat eaters into vegetarians even as it convinces plenty of longtime vegans to give up their restrictive diets and enjoy a rare filet mignon. Herzog’s dismissal of easy answers to difficult questions is a page-turning relief filled with an intriguing cast of characters few of us would otherwise meet.”
—Peter Laufer, author of The Dangerous World
of Butterflies and Forbidden Creatures
“This is a wonderful book—wildly readable, funny, scientifically sound, and with surprising moments of deep, challenging thoughts. I loved it.”
—Robert M. Sapolsky, neuroscientist, Stanford University,
and author of Monkeyluv and A Primate’s Memoir
“Our relationships with nonhuman animal beings are confused, complicated, frustrating, and paradoxical. Hal Herzog captures the essence of our inability to think straight about other animals in a provocative book that should be required reading for anyone interested in trying to figure out who they are and who we are. Read this book, read it again, and share it widely. It is that important.”
—Marc Bekoff, author of The Emotional Lives of Animals and
The Animal Manifesto: Six Reasons for Expanding Our Compassion
Footprint and editor of the Encyclopedia of Human-Animal Relationships
Credits
Jacket design by Jarrod Taylor
Copyright
SOME WE LOVE, SOME WE HATE, SOME WE EAT. Copyright © 2010 by Hal Herzog. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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