The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them

“If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.”

“The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving.”

“The Bond is at once heart-breaking and heart-warming. No animal escapes Wayne Pacelle’s attention; nor should his book escape any human animal’s attention.”

The president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, the world’s largest animal protection organization, Wayne Pacelle brings us The Bond, a heartfelt, eye-opening exploration of the special bond between animals and humans. With the poignant insight of Animals Make Us Human and the shocking reality of Fast Food Nation—filled with history, valuable insights, and fascinating stories of the author’s experience in the field—The Bond is an important investigation into all the ways we can repair our broken bond with the animal kingdom and a thrilling chronicle of one man’s extraordinary contribution to that effort.

How do we mend our broken bond with animals and build a more humane world?

• A New Humane Economy: Explore the industries and practices that can thrive by replacing old, cruel ways, proving that compassion is good for business.
• Confronting Cruelty: An unflinching look at the realities of factory farming, puppy mills, and animal testing, from the man who has spent a career fighting them.
• The Power of Advocacy: Learn from an expert how the power of democracy and the rule of law are being used to overcome systematic abuse and create lasting change for animals.
• Practical Steps for Change: Go beyond theory with dozens of actionable ways you can help animals in your daily life, your community, and the world.

As president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Wayne Pacelle leads the largest and most effective animal protection organization and one of the most dominant, high-impact non-profit groups of any kind. Placing special emphasis on transforming public policies and corporate behavior, he has been a primary strategist in securing the enactment of hundreds of state and federal animal-protection laws and helped drive reforms adopted by many of America’s biggest for-profit companies.  He’s been named an “Executive of the Year” by The Non-Profit Times; a contributor to influential newspapers and magazines, including Foreign Affairs; and author of the New York Times bestseller The Bond: Our Kindship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them. His blog, A Humane Nation, is published each weekday.  He received his B.A. in history and environmental studies from Yale University in 1987. Pacelle lives in Maryland with his wife Lisa Fletcher, a journalist, and their dog Lily and cat Zoe.