Interesting article from PetPlace.com. Does The Dog Files believe that Dogs have feelings? Yes, we do. Just because they can’t name it something doesn’t mean they don’t feel. Do they get over things quicker than humans? Do they adapt to new surroundings faster? Yes to that too. That’s a curse (or benefit?) put upon the human race. Read the article, then tell us what you think.
— Kenn
In 350 B.C., Aristotle found evidence of emotion in animals. “Some are good-tempered, sluggish, and little prone to ferocity, as the ox; others are quick-tempered, ferocious, and unteachable, as the wild boar,” he wrote in The History of Animals.
Today, the proposition that animals share some of the same feelings as man – actually experiencing pain, grief, and joy – is winning more advocates. And animal rights activists point to that concept as a concrete reason to end man’s exploitation of animals. The reformers are getting help from biologist Marc Bekoff, of the University of Colorado, who has compiled a new book, The Smile of the Dolphin, (Discovery Books/Random House, $35) in which dozens of animal researchers explain why they believe animals have emotions.
Anyone whose ever had the pleasure of owning a dog know they have feelings..hands down..NO question!
Anyone whose ever had the pleasure of owning a dog knows they have feelings..hands down..NO question!