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I’m an emotional wreck when it comes to animals

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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. I would love to start rescue volunteering but I haven’t figured how to. And every time I end up crying.

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

4 The Love Of Animals

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. death things—on their minds, and rescuing animals just isn’t a priority. The people there have other things—life?and?death

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