Social Psychology of Everyday Life. About Human-Animal Interaction

 This work represents a reflection to understanding non-human animal behavior as well as a manifest to decency, normality, affection and balance in our relationship with wild animals, domesticated animals, and animal companions which we share the ecosystem and our daily lives.

Among the topics covered by the book are: human-animal interaction – a short history; anthropomorphism, anthropocentrism, and zoomorphism; human-animal bond in the context of the main religions of the world; the institutional and legal frame in the field of animal rights protection, positive and negative aspects of our relationship with companion animals, theoretical framework of animal-assisted therapy, animal-assisted therapy in social work practice, equine assisted activities and equine assisted therapy in Romania, attachment, grief, and loss of an animal companion, and veterinarian – client/patient relationship.