The Importance of the Human Relationship with Animals

conduct my research on the many positive benefits that a human-animal relationship has on a person’s emotional, physiological and even physical wellness across the lifespan, in this paper I will discuss a review of the literature regarding my chosen topic and how this information will impact my life. I chose to conduct further research on the importance of the human-animal relationship, because according to our class readings, interactions with animals can help reduce harmful stress caused by the body’s

them. They reflect how the culture views its place in the universe, the relations between the sexes, and above all the relationship of human beings to God. The creation myths of the Judeo-Christian tradition and Islam share many similarities. Both put human beings squarely in the center of God's creation in terms of His importance, and give Man dominance over plants and animals to varying degrees. Women's inferior place in society is shown as natural rather than a product of social influences. However

important ideas of native spirituality to the forefront. He discusses the importance of having and maintaining a relationship with mother earth and all living beings; an interconnectedness with nature in all forms that is crucial to the understanding and practice of Native American spirituality. Dreams and visions were discussed as an important form of communication in indigenous spirituality. The important relationships with animal and plant spirits are discussed. The concept of power and what is considered

that one person or animal forms between himself and another

(henceforth FSIDD) is a paper that focuses on the effect that dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) have when interacting with humans in a social situation, where Wells (2004) explores the extent of this effect and whether the theory of animal therapy could be associated with such social responses between humans and dogs. FSIDD explores the ability of dogs to ‘facilitate social responses in humans’ (FSIDD, p340) and whether these responses were influenced by the appearance of the dog in question or whether they

used to. June Dwyer, a professor at Manhattan College says in her essay, “Do Not Feed the Animals: Do Not Touch: Desire for Animal Companionship in the Twenty-first Century,” that this society stems from “the hierarchy of the sentient, which situates “man” at the center of the world and at the apex of creation, which became the keystone of Western humanism for almost two millennia” (Dwyer, 624). So we humans saw ourselves as at the top of the food chain and the smartest beings on this planet for two

Many people have close bonds with animals. Some will even say that they like animals better than people, even though they are more closely genetically related than animals. When older people have their children go to college or move out, they sometimes will get an animal for company. The relationship between animals and humans go back to the beginning of humans. In prehistoric times, we used animals for food. We would hunt them down,kill them, and eat them in order to stay alive. In the

downstream, but thousands of years ago it was the only option to get rid of the human waste. Robert Renugadevi defends Hinduism by saying that, “The Hinduism has revealed the secrets of existence of life on earth and the importance of every organism for mutual survival.” Hinduism has an extending teaching on mutual survival of all creatures. It taches that in order for human kind to survive, people have to respect and protect earth’s resources and the ecology in general. Hindus don’t just have

Animals and human beings come into contact with each other in the different environment across the world. This has been fostered by human settlement in most regions that were delegated for animals. Whenever there is a contact between human and animals, there is a chance for the development of a relationship. Although human beings are familiar with the interaction of companion animals like cats, human-animal interaction also occurs in the context of farms, laboratories and in the wilderness (Davis

androids look exactly like humans. Throughout the novel, Dick incorporates many themes such as ethical concerns and what makes one human. Dick uses tools such as animals and the likeness of androids to elaborate on these themes. There are articles written about the themes presented in Dick’s novel. These articles criticize and review the themes and tools used in Dick’s novel. The three articles that will be reviewed are “Speciesism