Music and Animals

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The rhythms and frequencies of various music affects all animals. Animals have shown preferences and behavioral changes listening to different music. Music can be relaxing and healing, or uplifting and energizing. Having conducted music preference studies through the years with horses and using music in my clinics to enhance learning of horse and rider, I have been struck by the healing benefits of music to both mind and body.  I am looking to collaborate with others who are using music with animals.

If you are a musician and would like to share your music or if you are a researchers and have data on music and animals you would like to share, please contact me.

Here is a  video showing music and a beluga whale.

http://youtu.be/ZS_6-IwMPjM

Resources

Articles

“Pets Benefit from Music”

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22539914/39912246

Lincoln Park Zoo tested music with animals

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/animals-and-music.html

National Geographic Do Animals Have an Innate Sense of Music?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/01/0105biomusic.html

1909 article in NY Times Effects of Music on Animals in the Zoo

http://www.ehow.com/about_5218547_effects-music-animals.html

Classical music helps calm dogs with seizures

http://www.ehow.com/list_6102146_effects-music-canine-seizures.html

Pet Acoustics

http://www.petacoustics.com/research.html

Music

Margrit Coates has several healing CDs for animals

http://www.theanimalhealer.com/Books%20and%20Music.html

Mark Romero’s CDs are great for all animals including humans

http://www.markromeromusic.com/

Sharon Callahan has some suggestions

http://www.anaflora.com/articles/oth-sharon/animal-music.html