Do Animals Grieve?

[Bite Size Vegan]

Are non-human animals capable of experiencing grief? And what would their ability to feel complex emotions mean about our relationship to and treatment of them? In this video, we take a look at the science, case studies, and common sense. It’s time we realize that non-human animals feel love and loss, just as we do. And they deserve equal respect and compassion. Please share this video to show people that animals feel just as we do. More resources and case studies: Do Animals Grieve? | Bite Size Vegan

 

[Andy_T]

Yes, they do.

 

[Clueless Git]

I am pretty sure that animals don't feel as humans feel.

That's because animals don't seem to think as humans think.

In human terms, though, the dumber the specimen then the less it takes to get that specimen to hit it's max capacity for suffering. A 100% overload mark, as it were.

I'd reason that max suffering is max suffering. 100% is 100%. That the 'overload' mark would feel exactly the same to the dumbest animal on Earth as it would feel to the brightest human that ever was born.

Struggling to express the thought saliently here ...

Basicaly it's along the lines that the dumbest suffer more, not less, easily than the intelligent.

That the logic that the bearable suffering thresholds for dumber beings is lower than it is for intelligent beings is entirely the wrong way around.

 

[Clueless Git]

And as a short answer to the actual topic question in hand ..

If it's feelings trigger it to bond then it's feeling are going to be triggered when a bond is broken.

Anyone who can't see that needs the bond between their teeth and their gums to be broken to help them understand.

Imho a skilfully wielded baseball bat is a much underused 'educational' tool.

 

[Scorpius]

I think they do.

 

[Mischief]

Yes, they do. I have seen it.

 

[Bite Size Vegan]

there are actual case examples in the video- it may not always look like the way we grieve but even different people grieve differently.

 

[ledboots]

Yes, they do. I have seen it.

Me too. A 3-year old black and tan Dachshund went completely white in the face within a week of her littermate's unexpected death. She took her sister's favorite stuffed animal and hid it in the sofa and would go sniff it and howl.

 

[KLS52]

A few years ago I was on my morning walk. I saw a pickup truck hit a crow. Within seconds, there were 12-15 crows hovering around, screaming. The sound was deafening. As I continued walking I could still hear them blocks away. This went on for a good fifteen minutes as I reached my turnaround point and headed back home. I don't know how long it continued as I was finally out of ear shot. I'm sure it can be argued that it wasn't grief, but something else...I'm not up on crow behavior. As they were hovering and screaming over the dead crow, a few of them would land in the road to check him out. It was very sad and upsetting to witness.