Nonhuman animals are ubiquitous to human life, and permeate a diversity of social contexts
by providing humans with food and clothing, serving as participants in research, improving�…

There is a growing body of scientific evidence supporting the existence of emotions in
nonhuman animals. Companion-animal owners show a strong connection and attachment�…

Efforts to mitigate environmental threats are often inversely related to the magnitude of
casualty, human or otherwise. This “compassion fade” can be explained, in part, by�…

There is little consensus on what constitutes violence towards nonhuman animals and a
perceptual lacuna between understandings of violence and violent effects. This paper aims�…

This is the first study about attitudes toward animals among German children and
adolescents. A sample of 543 pupils (261 boys, 282 girls) aged 11 to 17 (mean age�…

People's attitudes toward wildlife may impact their behaviors in support of conservation. We
surveyed people in the United States to determine if gender, age, or visual contexts�…

Most of biodiversity is not considered charismatic and from human's perspective it can be
indifferent, problematic, harmful, disgusting, or dangerous. Secondary school students'�…

Gender plays a significant role in influencing people's attitudes toward animals, however,
little is known about how it influences their attribution of emotions to animals. To investigate�…

We are living in a new human-dominated geological epoch, the Anthropocene. Human
activity is the dominant cause of most contemporary environment change. At the same time�…

Ethicists have become increasingly skeptical about the importance of empathy in producing
moral concern for others. One of the main claims made by empathy skeptics is a�…