We admire this book because Professor Herzog is thoughtful, rational, and often funny as he shows students how illogical they are in their relationships with animals. It’s not a polemic. It’s a book that fosters debate and conversation by asking deceptively simple questions:• 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? 

It’s already been adopted in a variety of courses from anthropology and composition to ethics. Freshman Common Read: Eastern Kentucky University | Some We Love Some We Hate Some We Eat [second Edition] by Hal Herzog, Paperback | Indigo Chapters