André Krebber is Lecturer in Theory and History of Human-Animal Relations at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Mieke Roscher is Assistant Professor for Social and Cultural History and the History of Human-Animal Relations at the University of Kassel, Germany.

Establishes animal biography as a critical approach to studying animals and human-animal relationships

Contributes to the interdisciplinary research within the human-animal studies (HAS) field

Draws from historical sources to illustrate the methods for creating animal biographies

1. Introduction: Biographies, Animals and Individuality, André Krebber and Mieke Roscher.- 2. Living, Biting Monitors, a Morose Howler, and Other Infamous Animals: Animal Biographies in Ethology and Zoo Biology, Matthew Chrulew.- 3. Finding a Man and his Horse in the Archive?, Hilda Kean.- 4. Recovering and Reconstructing Animal Selves in Literary Autozoographies, Frederike Middelhoff.- 5. A Dog's Life: The Challenges and Possibilities of Animal Biography, Aaron Skabelund.- 6. "We Know Them All" - Does it Make Sense to Create a Collective Biography of the European Bison?, Markus Krzoska.- 7. Animal Life Stories; Or, the Making of Animal Subjects in Primatological Narratives of Fieldwork, Mira Shah.- 8. Taxidermy's Literary Biographies, Susan McHugh.- 9. Caesar - The Rise and Dawn of a Humanimalistic Identity, Daniel Wolf.- 10. Postscript, Posthuman: Werner Herzog's "Crocodile" at theEnd of the World, Dominic O'Key.- 11. The Elephant's I: Looking for Abu'l Abbas, Radhika Subramaniam.- 12. Topsy: The Elephant We Must Never Forget, Kim Stallwood.- 13. Online Animal (Auto-)Biographies: What Does it Mean When We "Give Animals a Voice"?.