I had a few comments wanting to know more about the presentation that I gave at the International Association of Anthrozoologists about the potential psychological and health benefits of high level relationships with wild animals. Mostly I was making a plea to anthrozoologists to look deeper, consider doing further studies before the trend of outlawing this type of interaction becomes blanket law. Here’ s the Powerpoint and you can find the abstract in this post.
You may recognize the video clip frm The Road to Backersfield, a video I highly recommend if you don’t have it in your falconry video collection.
A Bond With the Wild
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Nice footage in that video!