Great point about zookeepers. I wanted to do a research project on keepers at the Knoxville Zoo. However, the administration would not allow me to interview their animal care staff. Go figure.

Great point about zoo keepers. I talked with zoo keepers and wanted to turn this into a research project. However, the local zoo (Knoxville) would not give me permission to interview their animal care staff. Go figure.

That's the program at Canisius. It has a good reputations.

Erik, please add me to the Science feed. My background is in ethology and my main research is on the study of moral thinking and human-animal relationships. Hal Herzog
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Why it is important to publish null and negative results in "pet effect" studies.
"This study serves as a guidepost for human–animal interaction researchers as to the importance of including contextual variables in their studies before making claims regarding the impact of companion animals on youth