Education Materials

Domestic Animal Behavior, Shelter Adoptions and Training Guides

FIAA recommends these websites, books and DVDs:

Recommended source books on Animal Behavior, Shelters and Training:

  • Don't Shoot the Dog! | by Karen Pryor
  • Culture Clash | by Jean Donaldson
  • On Talking Terms With Dogs: Calming Signals | by Turid Rugaas
  • My Dog Pulls. What Do I Do? | by Turid Rugaas
  • Barking: The Sound of a Language | by Turid Rugaas
  • The Canine Kingdom of Scent | by Anne Lill Kvam
  • When Elephants Weep | by Jeffrey Masson
  • Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers | by Robert M. Sapolsky
  • Dogs | by Raymond Coppinger
  • The Emotional Lives of Animals | by Marc Bekoff
  • The Other End of the Leash: Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs | by Patricia B. McConnell
  • Do Over Dogs-Give Your Dog A Second Chance for a First Class Life | by Pat Miller

Wildlife Conservation

Recommended source books on Wildlife Conservation:

  • Birds of Brazil: The Pantanal & Cerrado of Central Brazil | by John A. Gwynne, Robert S. Ridgely, Guy Tudor, and Martha Argel
  • Birds of Torres del Paine National Park -Aves del Parque Nacional Torres del Paine - Patagonia Chile | by Enrique Couve and Claudio Vidal
  • Adapting to a Changing Environment: Confronting the Consequences of Climate Change | by Tim R. McClanahan and Joshua Cinner
  • Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica | by Fen Montaigne
  • The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference | by J.M. Hoekstra, J.L. Molnar, M. Jennings, C. Revenga, M.D. Spalding, T.M.Boucher, J.C. Robertson, T.J. Heibel and K. Ellison