Wild Health: How Animals Keep Themselves Well and What We Can Learn from Them - Softcover

Cindy has been very active in both the UK and the US writing features on hernew paperback including an article on "Wild Aromatherapists" in Massage & Health Review, Spring 2003 and another 2000 word feature in the Times Higher Educational Supplement which will appear on April 4. And we are waiting fora confirmed date for her interview on Channel 4's RICHARD AND JUDY. Reviews are now coming in: "Engel's book collates the most recent research on the subj

How do animals keep themselves well in the wild? Folklore and traditional medicine have long laid claim to feats of self-medication by animals but, until recently, scientists have dismissed such stories as romantic anthropomorphism. This is now changing as more and more scientists uncover examples of insects, birds and mammals self- medicating their ills. Chimpanzees carefully select bitter-tasting anti- parasitic plant 'medicines' that counter intestinal parasites and elephants roam miles to find the clay which counters dietary toxins. This book explores the behavioural strategies animals use to maintain health. Many of these methods can be exploited to improve the health of animals in our care. By observing wild health we may even discover (or rediscover) ways to benefit our own health.