Event details

02. June 2023

What do animals mean to us?

Book recommendations on the changeable animal-human relationship

How important are animals to us? Whether small or large, unknown or known, every animal is important - whether as an aid and support for mental and physical illnesses, as a friend and companion or as part of the ecosystem. Some animals are pests in our eyes, some are revered and loved.
The coexistence of humans and animals is omnipresent in our society, as is, unfortunately, the mass farming of animals. Many animals are born for slaughter and usually see nothing more than the inside of a barn.

Our current book recommendations aim to shed light on some aspects of this discrepancy in the animal-human relationship.

The following links include online resources and local stocks in Görlitz and Zittau.

Our book recommendations can now be found on the first floor of the Zittau location.

If you like a book, pick it up and borrow it from the circulation desk or our self-checkout system.

Animals as mental and physical help

The healing power of animals

Healing pets: how dogs, cats and mice keep you mentally and physically healthy

Therapeutic riding and vaulting

Dogs in social work with children and young people

Llamas and alpacas in educational support for children and young people

 

Animals as part of our environment, artists of life and inspiration

Ecology of vertebrates: birds and mammals

Nature of the future: flora and fauna in times of climate change

The mammals of Central Europe: observation and identification

Animals with soul: Environments and networks of animal psychology

The evolution of flying - a photo shoot

Smarter than we think: What animals are capable of

The rat as teacher: What we can learn from the world's most successful mammals

Deadly tandem: The chemical tricks of animals and plants: The chemical tricks of animals and plants

Perception, feeling, behavior / thinking: What can animals do?

The lost species: great expeditions into the collections of natural history museums

Forest nature: an endangered habitat for animals and plants

NEW ADVERTISEMENT: 30 animals that make us smarter: ingenious inspirations for the future

 

Coexistence of humans and animals

Wild animals in the big city, book Wild animals in the big city, CD

A shared future for humans and animals: animals in sustainable development

Home/animal: Animal-human relationships in the home

Humans and animals in dialog: [Communication and species-appropriate handling of pets and farm animals ; methods of animal-assisted work and therapy]

Connected with animals: the mysterious relationship between humans and animals

Animals in the landscape: influence and ecological significance

 

Factory farming

German meat work: the history of factory farming from its beginnings to the present day

Meat factory Germany: how factory farming is destroying our livelihoods and what we can do about it

Sustainable lifestyles: what contribution can conscious meat consumption make to greater nature conservation, climate protection and health?

Animals like us: why we have moral duties towards animals : ethics