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Love in Their Hearts: The Fascinating Inner Lives of Animals
A conversation with world-renowned
animal behavior expert
Dr. Marc Bekoff
Tuesday, September 29th · 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT · Zoom
Begin the week of Saint Francis’s Feast Day with an adventure into the complex and awe-inspiring inner lives of animals.
Dr. Marc Bekoff will join the Saint Francis Institute for Animals to discuss his decades of research on animal emotions and his newest book, Love in Their Hearts: A Celebration of Animal Emotions and a Guide to Compassionate Action. Dr. Bekoff will share what we know about animal emotions and sentience including expressions of joy, curiosity, playfulness, grief, anger, love, and more - and what those insights ask of us.
Joining Dr. Bekoff in conversation will be Rev. Christopher Steck, SJ, who will bring a Catholic theological perspective to the discussion. The conversation will be co-hosted by Tom Linney and Kristin Dunn.
Questions? Please e-mail us at info@saintfrancisinstitute.org.
A recording will be sent to registered participants.
OUR SPECIAL GUEST
About Marc Bekoff, Ph.D.
Marc Bekoff is professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Boulder and a world-renowned scholar of animal behavior, animal emotions (cognitive ethology), compassionate conservation, and animal protection.
He has published more than 30 books and received numerous honors for his work, including the Exemplar Award from the Animal Behavior Society. He is co-chair of the ethics committee of the Jane Goodall Institute and a former Guggenheim Fellow. Marc has also worked closely with incarcerated people at the Boulder County Jail.
Recent books include The Animals' Agenda: Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age, Canine Confidential: Why Dogs Do What They Do, Unleashing Your Dog: A Field Guide to Giving Your Canine Companion the Best Life Possible, The Emotional Lives of Animals (second edition), Jane Goodall at 90: Celebrating an Astonishing Lifetime of Science, Advocacy, Humanitarianism, Hope, and Peace, and Love in Their Hearts: A Celebration of Animal Emotions and a Guide to Compassionate Action.
Marc and Dr. Jane Goodall also have a children’s book titled Every Elephant Has a Name forthcoming in early 2027.
Marc is also an accomplished cyclist: in 1986, he won the Masters Tour du Var, an age-graded version of the Tour de France. Learn more about Marc and his work at marcbekoff.com.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Love in Their Hearts: A Celebration of Animal Emotions and a Guide to Compassionate Action
Co-authored by Marc Bekoff and Jeff Campbell, Love in Their Hearts: A Celebration of Animal Emotions and a Guide to Compassionate Action invites young and adult readers alike into the rich inner lives of animals, from dogs to dolphins, octopuses to orangutans, and bees to bears.
Through moving, surprising, and often joyful true stories, the authors explore the widespread evidence of empathy, playfulness, curiosity, grief, anger, and love across the animal kingdom—challenging readers to rethink what they thought they knew about nonhuman beings.
Written for young adults but accessible and compelling for all ages, this inspiring volume blends cutting-edge research, firsthand accounts from leading scientists, and a stirring call to compassionate action.