James Serpell

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Exciting new canine behavioral genetics study out from my collaborators at NIH, Emily Dutrow and Elaine Ostrander: doi.org/10.1016/j.cell…

Mounds of dead, dying, and decomposing goldfish at my local PetsMart yesterday. This from a company that claims to be the, "leading funder of animal welfare in North America." IMO, they deserve to go out of business.

Important new study on animal adoptions from the Penn Vet Shelter Animal Medicine group: nature.com/articles/s4159…

Imaginative study from the University of Porto: Dogs pick up on their owners' anxiety, especially the more empathic dogs. Evaluation of mediating and moderating effects on the relationship bet... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

A dog’s life: James A Serpell and his investigation into the origin story of mankind’s best friend blog.frontiersin.org/2021/06/24/jam… via @frontiersin

Excellent Op Ed piece from WaPo.. Opinion | No, people aren’t giving up pandemic pets because they’re bored washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

Pandemic puppies: Canine crisis or happy household? theconversation.com/pandemic-puppi… via @ConversationCA

Could You Kill a Robot Dinosaur? builtin.com/robotics/kill-… Great title for a book; an interesting one too!

@tamsa87148235 @FrontVetScience @AnnPetSpace Hi Tamas, I wish I’d seen your paper before I wrote mine. Excellent!

@JamesASerpell @FrontVetScience @AnnPetSpace oh our recent wolf results (nature.com/articles/s4159…) fit in this nicely!

My new review article, “Commensalism or Cross-species Adoption? A Critical Review of Theories of Wolf Domestication,” is published now through @FrontVetScience, in partnership with @AnnPetSpace Leadership Institute. Read it here: bit.ly/3dmUpAK