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I’m an emotional wreck when it comes to animals

Reddit Animals

I can’t read a story about a pet or watch a video without going down the emotional sinkhole. He was the gentlest of souls, a white floofy fur baby who would go crazy on seeing you back from school/college. Are any of guys in a similar boat where the pet videos make you emotional beyond the point of repentance?

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers

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In fact, it has nothing to do with a dog’s fur. What happens is that the dander is released via fluids or gets embedded in the dog’s fur which is then spread in the air and attached on multi-surfaces when a dog urinates, salivates or sheds. It’s actually the dog’s dander (skin flakes).

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

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He was drawn to their innocence, and their pure emotions. They’re like little balls of fur and energy, and he looks so happy to be in the midst of them. We both loved them, but it was Peter who seemed to communicate with the animals on a deeper level than anyone else we knew.

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Tails of Aloha

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His lil hand slowly and gently moved anchoress Polo’s fur. It was our first time at Kulana Malama. This is a children’s hospital in Ewa Beach. For the longest time I wanted to get the courage to go and do a pet visit. But the truth is I was scared that emotionally it would throw me into a deep heart break.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Each fly has a name and a ‘recipe’ to follow for its creation, a complicated procedure utilizing a hook, sometimes fur, sometimes wool, but always brightly colored feathers from rare birds. Kelson, published in 1895.

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

Second, many of the things you can do to stop supporting animal cruelty—like not buying or wearing fur or fur trim—require minimal effort and no expense! Obviously, since not buying and not wearing fur requires minimal effort and no expense, that's a good place to start. Where should you begin?

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