Sentences with phrase «animal bond rather»

Once those ideas are clear, efforts can be made to improve the human - animal bond rather than harm it.

Not exact matches

In fact, they occur wherever animals live in «bonded» groups — where individuals gather together because of their personal relationships rather than being forced to by environmental factors such as a food source or safe sleeping site.

Socially sophisticated animals, these predators can discriminate maternal and paternal kin from unrelated hyenas and are selective in their social choices, tending to not form bonds with every hyena in the clan, rather preferring the friends of their friends, the study found.

They are sociable and are capable of bonding well with children and other animals, though can be rather aggressive with birds and other dogs of similar sex.

Seems to me we are rather cavalier about the phrase human - animal bond.

Given this perspective, it's rather easy to see why we love our dogs so much, and why we embrace our human - animal bond relationships.

A second goal is to help preserve the human - animal bond by providing a service to help pets stay with their owners, rather than be surrendered to the OHS.

Play in nature most often occurs between parent and offspring or between prospective or actual mates (Ibid), but I suggest that in a domesticated animal, play incorporates «social bonding functions rather than development of specific motor skills or survival abilities.»