From Salthaven Wildlife Rehab Center
What if animals feel more than we ever realized?
Animals feel emotions just like we do-joy, fear, love, grief, and everything in between. From a dog’s wagging tail to a grieving Orca, the emotional intelligence of animals is undeniable. At Salthaven, we see firsthand how wildlife express their feelings and how respecting those emotions strengthens our bond with them.
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We can’t even get everyone to empathize with their fellow humans, let alone to see fish as something worth their respect. It also means we start to think about the cost of our own existence to other creatures, or how we treat the ones we encounter or don’t bother to notice.
Not a likely situation maybe for regulars here, but I’ve definitely met people that only see animals inconsequentially.
But even for those of us with high regard for animals, it’s good to see confirmation of what we believe. I think, perhaps not at this current moment, but in the future, this will lead to better treatment of animals and our planet as a whole. It needs to be a “duh” topic for everyone before we will see concrete action taken from these studies.
And Screechies are darn fine birds!
Seconded on “confirmation of what we believe”—science has proved some folk wisdom credible, but some of it nonsense. That is why it is good to test “common knowledge”.
It does help with the stubborn “citation needed” people!