Richard Coles writing for The Sunday Times has made a very wise observation about the pain felt by the owner of a dog or cat on their passing. A lot of people realise that they cried more on the death of their dog or cat …
When a group of horses live in wide-open spaces and have a home range in the order of 30-80 mi², they are not particularly territorial or at all territorial. If a herd is within this space and another herd enters it all that happens is …
Mel A works at an animal shelter. She does not tell us where but I think it’s in America. I would like to use all of her words but I can’t because there would be a violation of copyright. But they are very powerful. I …
The video is called ‘Teddy Krueger’ on Reddit.com. It is a hint at the way this teddy bear totally freaks out three people who walk into what appears to be a totally dark, small room in which there sits a large teddy bear or that’s …
Joar Berge (moustache_farmer) is an unusual farmer. He forms very close relationships with his animals and in this video, we see him with a bull he has named Mogli. He tells us that two years ago he carried Mogli home in his arms as “You …
Yes, according to 10 sources. And one of those sources is a recent study. There are numerous examples of dogs grieving after the death of their owner. For example, four years after his owner’s death Greyfriars Bobby, a Skye terrier, guarded the grave. It was …
NEWS AND COMMENT-ANTWERP, BELGIUM: This is a story which turns on the question as to whether a human can have a genuine love affair with an animal. Some people might not believe that it is possible. I’ve seen it before so it is possible. Although …
The picture on this page shows a baboon carrying her long dead infant. It is unsettling but it is also the process of grieving. In this respect apes are very similar to people. Although we don’t know whether primates can understand that all animals including …
There are only two reasons why alpacas smile a lot: they are happy or their facial anatomy gives us the impression that they are smiling. If they smile when they are happy they are like people which would be unusual. My strong suspicion is that …
