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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. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. It isn’t like not killing the cat is in any way humane, considering the number of animals it will kill over time. But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there. Have you ever seen the Dryfus Lion?