If you haven't come across it already, you might enjoy Carla's channel, OneSoftKiss. While her opinions and husbandry practices are not shared by many here, she works with her animals on a daily basis, and claims to have formed strong bonds with them.
Seems to me, there have always been two camps: the BF Skinner "Black Box" group, and the Konrad Lorentz group. Not much in common between the two. I start with the strictly impersonal science first, but if I see more, I'll trust my instincts.