@JamesASerpell

My research focuses on the behavior and welfare of companion animals, human attitudes to animals, and the history and impact of human-animal relationships.

 Philadelphia, PA
Joined August 2016
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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.2022.…
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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.
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Important new study on animal adoptions from the Penn Vet Shelter Animal Medicine group: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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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/ar…
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A dog’s life: James A Serpell and his investigation into the origin story of mankind’s best friend blog.frontiersin.org/2021/06… via @frontiersin
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Excellent Op Ed piece from WaPo.. Opinion | No, people aren’t giving up pandemic pets because they’re bored washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | No, people aren’t giving up pandemic pets because they’re bored

Surrendering an animal can be the best thing for a beloved pet. But there are much better tools than shame to keep animals and people together.

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

Pandemic puppies: Canine crisis or happy household?

Dogs might be helping people through the pandemic, but should we be concerned by unprepared, impulsive dog purchases?

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

Could You Kill a Robot Dinosaur? | Built In

For years, science fiction has regaled us with stories of robot uprisings. But what if we reversed the narrative and began asking whether they deserve rights?

builtin.com
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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

Frontiers | Commensalism or Cross-Species Adoption? A Critical Review of Theories of Wolf Domesti...

The work of archaeozoologists and molecular geneticists suggests that the domestication of the wolf (Canis lupus)—the ancestor of the domestic dog (C. famili...

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