Our Symphony with Animals by Aysha Akhtar

Akhtar’s own story of being a young girl who was bullied in school and sexually abused by her uncle. Akhtar, you can visit her website, or find her on Twitter and Facebook.A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches our well-being.ĭeftly combining medicine, social history and personal experience, Our Symphony with Animals is the first book by a physician to show how deeply the well-being of humans and animals are entwined. The book is available from Pegasus Books and Amazon and is available in audio through Audible. All profits for the book will go to help nonprofit animal organizations and charities. Aysha Akhtar invites us to reexamine our relationship with all animals, and hold our animal loved ones even closer. With Our Symphony with Animals: On Health, Empathy, and Our Shared Destinies, this book by Dr. Akhtar weaves in her own personal journey towards animal empathy, from her first moments with family dog Sylvester to how this relationship made her stronger in order to protect not only Sylvester from abuse but herself as well. Inspiring stories include a harrowing ride-along with the NYPD’s Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad, a Marine veteran with PTSD and his service dog Axel, a former cattle rancher turned animal sanctuary host, a hurricane Katrina survivor, a chicken farmer, and a former mobster who now dedicates his life to rescuing and caring for animals. This book is perfect for animal lovers, vegans, and anyone curious about a little-explored aspect of public health woven through an overarching memoir. When animals suffer, humanity suffers along with them, but by bringing animals into our lives and harnessing our natural empathy for animals, the lives of both animals and humans can be improved. Akhtar is a neurologist and animal advocate who traveled the country to speak to many different people and organizations on her journey to bring a human light to the science behind our connection with animals.

Aysha Akhtar, the first by a physician to explore the impact animal health has on human health, and how our lives are ultimately connected, offers a window into the lives of a variety of people and how their relationship with animals has changed their lives.

Our Symphony with Animals by Aysha Akhtar