Linda Kalof is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Environmental Science & Policy and Founding Director of the graduate specialization in Animal Studies at Michigan State University, USA. She has published 13 books, including Looking at Animals in Human History (2007), A Cultural History of Animals in Antiquity (2007), The Oxford Handbook of Animal Studies (2017), and The Animals Reader, Second Edition (Routledge 2022).Cameron T. Whitley is Professor of Sociology at Western Washington University, USA. With over six dozen publications, his research examines empathy for non-human animals, inclusive approaches to environmental justice, human-animal relationships in climate-induced disasters, and representations of animals with disabilities, with particular attention to care, vulnerability, and multispecies inequality. In 2023, he was awarded a five-year National Science Foundation Early CAREER grant.Thomas Dietz is University Distinguished Professor Emeriti and Founding Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program at Michigan State University, USA. His recent publications include Decisions for Sustainability: Facts and Values (2023). In 2024 he was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences.