Bewilderness: Reality Fiction Bred While Working in Animal Shelters

HUMAN ANIMALS CARRY DEEP AMBIVALENCE TOWARD OTHER ANIMALS.

One major thing: We eat them. We also hunt them, ride them, stuff them, wear their fur, walk on their skin, live with them, train them and display them; we dominate them for our benefit, humanize and demonize them. And some of us, through all of this, say we love them.

From gangster to opera star, Vietnam veteran to Nob Hill lady, academic to meth addict, our lives intersect with animals' lives in cities, towns and rural areas. The en...