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Intra and Inter species Compassion
By: AGelbert Date: April 7, 2015, 2:10 pm
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Grieving Pack of Stray Dogs Pays Ultimate Tribute to Animal
Lover
by Jessica Ramos
April 6, 2015
In Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico, Margarita Suárez received a
touching tribute at her funeral: A pack of stray dogs
unexpectedly entered the funeral home to watch over her.
The send-off was especially fitting since Suárez spent many of
her 71 years caring for the animals most people forget: stray
cats and dogs. She made sure the stray dogs and cats in her
neighborhood were always fed, according to her daughter.
A Beautiful Tribute to Margarita Suárez from the Animals
Suárez’s daughter, Patricia Urrutia, described the funeral event
to ABC News:
[The dogs] stayed with my mother all day, and then at night they
all stayed- but in the morning all the dogs vanished but one,
but one hour before we brought my mom to be cremated the dogs
came back and grouped around as if to say goodbye. I swear by
God that it was beautiful, marvelous.
The funeral workers had never seen anything like it; they hadn’t
even seen the pack around the funeral home. And adding mystery
to the story, the funeral home was more than 830 miles from
Suárez’s home.
The dogs weren’t the only animals who visited Suárez. Around 3
a.m., Urrutia says that she also saw a bird fly through the
window, take a glance at Suárez’s coffin and then fly away,
while singing.
While we might not ever logically understand how or why the pack
of stray dogs showed up for Suárez, the gesture was meaningful
for her family. Urrutia admitted to ABC News, “When I was in a
moment of so much pain these dogs that came, they showed me that
everything was going to be okay.”
Grief Shown in Dogs
Is it possible the stray dogs were “grieving”?
Frankly, researchers are still trying to understand dogs’ grief.
But many experts (not to mention pet owners) agree that grief in
pets is real. A 2012 HealthDay article suggests that dogs may
experience grief as deeply as we do. They may also become
depressed like us during those difficult times, and exhibit it
in their behavior by sleeping more than normal, moving slower
and spending less time eating or playing.
Whether or not the pack of dogs who showed up at Suárez’s
funeral were grieving may remain a mystery. But if you know a
pet who has similarly experienced loss, you may witness signs of
grief.
5 Ways to Help a Grieving Dog
Here are a few tips from HealthDay and Cesar’s Way that you can
use to lift your dogs’ spirits after a loss:
1. Keep them close to the person or other animal companion. It
might help your animal understand and prepare if they experience
the terminal illness, the body or the casket of whoever is
passing/has passed away. (I have the sneaking suspicion that
dogs have a much better grasp of death than we do.)
2. Stick to the routine. Your dog’s wild ancestors don’t have
the luxury to stop everything to grieve, e.g. they still have to
hunt, protect their territory, etc. Keep your dog moving forward
by following their routine.
3. Engage them with their favorite activities. Before the
depression or mourning, what activities did your dog enjoy? Do
more of that.
4. Be patient with your dog. It can take anywhere from weeks to
months for your dog to work through their grief, and every dog
will work through it at their own pace.
5. Don’t rush out and get a new companion animal. Adding a new
member to the family should be a happy time. You and your dog
should be healed — not in a low vibrational, or weak, state. A
new dog could mistake your dog’s grief for weakness, and it
could be a bad recipe for dominance and aggression issues
between them. Spare your
grieving dog the added stress.
Have you ever helped a grieving dog? Tell us your story and tips
in the comments below.
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Re: Intra and Inter species Compassion
By: AGelbert Date: June 15, 2015, 1:53 pm
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20 Stunning Photos of Google’s Underwater Street View
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Cole Mellino | June 12, 2015 9:19 am
Google Street View just got a whole lot cooler. Arr, off to Davy
Jones Locker with you. That’s right, now you can explore the
depths of the ocean on Google. After perusing the site, I am
convinced Sebastian from the Little Mermaid was absolutely
right: everything is better under the sea. Google, ever the
environmental champion, launched its latest eco project in
conjunction with World Oceans Day on Monday.
In partnership with XL Catlin Seaview Survey, NOAA’s Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries and the Chagos Conservation Trust,
Google has created new underwater street view images of more
than 40 locations around the world, including the American Samoa
and Chagos Islands and underwater dives in Bali, the Bahamas and
the Great Barrier Reef.
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Google hopes that the images will inspire marine preservation.
“Home to the majority of life on Earth, the ocean acts as its
life support system, controlling everything from our weather and
rainfall to the oxygen we breathe,” says Google.
“Yet despite the ocean’s vital importance, the ocean is changing
at a rapid rate due to climate change, pollution and
overfishing, making it one of the most serious environmental
issues we face today.”
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Re: Intra and Inter species Compassion
By: AGelbert Date: June 17, 2015, 12:48 am
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Meet Gaga. ;D
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Re: Intra and Inter species Compassion
By: AGelbert Date: July 9, 2015, 1:48 pm
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Raccoon mom teaches Tree Climbing 101
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Re: Intra and Inter species Compassion
By: AGelbert Date: March 29, 2017, 1:52 pm
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Friendly Felines: Cats Like People (Really!), Study Says
By Mindy Weisberger, Senior Writer | March 28, 2017 04:39pm ET
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Cats really do like people. Science says so.
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Do cats like being around people, or are they only using humans
to open doors and operate can openers? A new study suggests that
human contact is more important to cats than previously
suspected (though, arguably, cat owners knew that all along).
While it is commonly accepted that dogs enjoy and seek the
company and attention of people, there is less of a consensus
about felines. Cats — which typically need more sleep and
less daily maintenance than dogs — have earned a reputation
(particularly among dog lovers) for being standoffish and
nonchalant, and less interested in the affection and approval of
people than canine pets are.
However, when researchers investigated cats' preferences for
food, toys and social interaction with people, most of the cats
sought human attention over everything else — even food. In
other words, cats like us! They really like us! [6 Secrets to
Unlocking Your Cat's Personality]
The study originated at Oregon State University's Human-Animal
Interaction (HAI) lab. Prior research had explored cats'
preferences for food, visual stimuli and scents, evaluating the
impact these could have on the animals' behavior. But this new
study was the first to also investigate cats' interactions with
humans as a behavior that could affect the felines' quality of
life, the authors said.
Scientists tested groups of adult cats between the ages of 1 and
20, gathering results from 19 cats that were living in shelters
and 19 cats living with owners. For 2 hours and 30 minutes prior
to the tests, the cats were isolated from social attention and
food. They were then introduced one at a time to different
stimuli, provided in separate sessions.
In one session, a person offered the cats vocal calls, petting
and a chance to play. In another, the cats had free access to
food, a toy mouse with a shaker inside, or cloths marked with
the scents of catnip, another cat and a gerbil.
During the sessions, the researchers noted how engaged the cats
were and how much time the animals devoted to the different
activities. However, the final test offered the cats all of
these diversions at the same time, to see which offering the
animals liked best.
Overall, there was no significant behavior difference between
the shelter and nonshelter cats. The scented cloths fascinated
one cat. Four cats went for the toys first, and 14 cats were
most attracted to food.
But 19 of the cats, 50 percent, chose people over all else,
spending 65 percent of the final session time enjoying the
company of humans.
"Although it is often thought [that] cats prefer solitude to
social interaction, the data of this study indicate otherwise,"
the authors wrote. The researchers noted that even when the cats
showed similar preferences for human affection as for other
activities, the animals still exhibited a range of individual
behaviors. This suggests that factors such as life experiences
and biological predispositions could influence the cats' social
interactions, the authors wrote.
"It is therefore possible [that] some populations of cats may
display greater preference for social interaction than others,"
the authors concluded.
The findings were published online March 24 in the journal
Behavioral Processes.
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