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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. Dogs Sniffing Out Disease. As we know, dogs have a keen sense of smell.

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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

Animal Person

There's no "compassion" in the process. I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. A violation of trust or confidence, an abandonment of something committed to one's charge. It's cruel. It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. No argument here. It's just not right.