“If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.” —Jane Goodall “ The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving.” —John Mackey, CEO and Co-founder of Whole Foods Market “ The Bond is at once heart-breaking and heart-warming. No animal escapes Wayne Pacelle’s attention; nor should his book escape any human animal’s attention.” —Alexandra Horowitz, New York Times Bestselling Author of Inside of a Dog The president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the world’s largest animal protection organization, Wayne Pacelle brings us The Bond , a heartfelt, eye-opening exploration of the special bond between animals and humans. With the poignant insight of Animals Make Us Human and the shocking reality of Fast Food Nation —filled with history, valuable insights, and fascinating stories of the author’s experience in the field— The Bond is an important investigation into all the ways we can repair our broken bond with the animal kingdom and a thrilling chronicle of one man’s extraordinary contribution to that effort. “ The Bond is a monumental achievement: Majestic in sweep and beautifully written, there is hardly any topic about animals that Wayne Pacelle has not touched and along the way, illuminated. He seems to have been everywhere and seen everything to do with animals, observing with deep compassion matched by an incisive intelligence. There is so much information in his book, that every reader, no matter how well versed, will learn something. I can’t think of any other book this is so valuable. It is truly wonderful!” - Jeffrey Masson, New York Times Bestselling Author of When Elephants Weep “For everyone who cares about animals, The Bond is not to be missed. Wayne Pacelle, who has done so much to make animal welfare a major cause in America today, gives us his perspective on everything from animal intelligence to zoos, and from factory farming to his role in the rehabilitation of Michael Vick. Heart-warming, informative, thrilling, inspiring, disturbing: The Bond covers the full range of our interactions with animals.” - Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University “If the animals knew about this book, they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.” - JANE GOODALL “ The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving, it will change the way we see the world and the way we see ourselves.” - JOHN MACKEY, CEO and Co-founder of Whole Foods Market Majestic in sweep and beautifully written, The Bond is a monumental achievement. I can’t think of any other book that is so valuable. It is truly wonderful!” - JEFFREY MASSON, New York Times bestselling author of When Elephants Weep “Pacelle has the credentials of a crusader. ... His bestselling book explores humankind’s bond with animals, animal intelligence and animals’ cognizance of human feeling.” - Seattle Post-Intelligencer “An engaging and optimistic meditation on the future of humananimal coexistence ... The Bond is very affecting, not only as a call to action but in its hopefulness.” - Capitol File magazine “Pacelle speaks about the powerful bonds we have with animals as well as the ‘normalized cruelty’ they experience. ... In his work with the Humane Society, Pacelle has brought about about legislation and policies regarding the treatment of animals. In his years with the society, he has seen his share of uplifting moments with animals as well as travesties, many of which he documented in the book. That juxtaposition is what Pacelle continues to confront; he’d like to see a world in which our moral values sync up with animals as much as they do people. ” - Los Angeles Times “In his more than quarter century career fighting for animals, Wayne Pacelle has witnessed the best and worst of human behavior toward animals. ... Pacelle looks at the history of the human/animal connection, in The Bond . From St. Francis of Assisi to Genghis Khan and Cesar Millan, he explores the complicated, even paradoxical, role of humans as both protector and persecutor of living things. ... Even as Pacelle describes the growing body of research showing animals not only feel pain and suffer, but clearly exhibit more complex emotions, such as compassion and lasting trauma, he searches for answers as to why our agricultural industrial complex continues to lobby for the right to abuse animals, aided in no small part by such seemingly unlikely allies as the American Veterinary Medical Association and the American Kennel Club. To be sure, the battles to create a humane world for living creatures remain. But the rallying cry for animal protection has grown louder.” - Philadelphia Inquirer “ The Bond is an important read for anyone concerned about our responsibility as humans to all animals. ... Pacelle clearly respects his readers en