Wayne Pacelle, CEO of Humane Society of US, was in Sarasota for a book signing.

Wayne Pacelle's new book, The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them, examines our contradictory attitudes towards animals and points to a better way forward. CEO and president of the nation's largest animal protection organization, Pacelle has helped to bring animal protection from the margins to the mainstream during his quarter century of work in the field, which includes 17 years at HSUS.

"The Bond" has appeared on many best-seller lists, including The Washington Post, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times.