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Review: The Moral Lives of Animals by Dale Peterson

10,000 Birds

Unfortunately, by the nature of the problem, the history of the young field is littered with examples of researchers allowing their subconscious biases — or worse, their conscious ones — to influence how they read the data. In the end, we are essentially stuck in a human viewpoint.

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Nothing Funny About Cat Cruelty

4 The Love Of Animals

According to The Humane Society , around 18% of all reported instances of animal abuse involve cats. It is perfectly normal to see the following behaviors in a rescue cat once you bring them home: Running away from you and other humans. Soiling or urinating outside of the litter box. The Difficulties Of Re-homing Abused Cats.

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Falakhe’s Story

10,000 Birds

There are a lot of reasons why Painted Wolves are struggling, and many of them are human caused. A good example is the other Mkuze pack, a offshoot of the main pack that split off when the Mhuze pack got too big. Falakhe is still alive, as is the dominant male in his litter. He couldn’t be more different. Resilience.

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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. Dogs can differentiate dilutions of 1 part per billion, follow faint odor trails, and are 10,000 times more sensitive than humans to certain odors.

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