Does living with a pet really make people happier and healthier? What can we learn from biomedical research with mice? Who enjoys a better quality of life-the chicken on a dinner plate or a rooster who dies in a Saturday night cockfight? Why is it wrong to eat the family dog? Drawing on over two decades of research in the emerging field of anthrozoology-the science of human-animal relations-Hal Herzog offers surprising answers to these and other questions related to the moral conundrums we face day in and day out regarding the creatures with whom we share our world.Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat is a highly entertaining and illuminating journey through the full spectrum of human-animal relations, based on Herzog's groundbreaking research on animal rights activists, cockfighters, professional dog show handlers, veterinary students, and biomedical researchers. Blending anthropology, history, brain science, behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology, and philosophy, Herzog

哈爾．賀札格 Hal Herzog

知名人類──動物關係學家，研究報告發表於《科學雜誌》（Science）、英國皇家學會（Proceedings of the Royal Society）、美國心理學會（American Psychologist）、《美國學人》（The American Scholar）、社會議題期》（Journal of Social Issues）及美國獸醫學會（Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association）等知名學術期刊，並為《新聞週刊》（Newsweek）、《今日美國》（USA Today）、《華盛頓郵報》（The Washington Post）、《芝加哥論壇報》（Chicago Tribune）、《科學人》（Scientific American）、《新科學家》（New Scientist）、《每日科學雜誌》（Science Daily）、《泰晤士報》（The London Times）、《石板雜誌》（Slate）、美國有線電視新聞網（CNN）、全國公共廣播電台（National Public Radio） 及MSNBC執筆專欄。哈爾．賀札格現為西卡羅來納大學（Western Carolina University）心理學教授，和妻子及他的貓咪提利住在田納西和北卡交界的大煙山（Great Smoky Mountains）。