T.S. Eliot — blog — Anne Benvenuti

I used to say that the way to save a wild animal is to sleep with him. I enjoyed the double entendre, especially because we project all our own feelings of beastly sexuality onto our furry friends. But there's some simple and literal truth in my self-entertaining expression; I learned by sleeping with wild animals that they want the same things we do, that they communicate their desires with surprising clarity, if we pay attention.

anthrozoology, animal family, ecospirituality, human-animal relationsAnne BenvenutiFebruary 14, 2013animal family, animal play, animal behavior, fawn, Brazilian cardinal, animal rescue, Valetine, Henry Beston, The Outermost House, Ash Wednesday, T.S. EliotComment