Introduction

The relationship humans have with animals is complicated for a myriad of ways, but mostly because our regard for certain species is not universal. The same animal that is celebrated by some is slaughtered by others. But there is one species of animal that evokes greater human emotion than any other one who has been a magnet to which people from all walks of life are either pulled to or repelled against. One whose call strikes deep into our souls, and one whose eyes can be gazed into only to see a direct reflection of ourselves.