HOW ANIMALS GRIEVE

Do animals feel grief? Can they miss their lost companions? Anthropologist Barbara King takes us on a fascinating journey into the world of animal emotions, showing their sensitivity and ability to experience loss. Discover the touching stories of elephants, cats, and baboons who have experienced grief.

• Touching stories of animals in grief
• Anthropological perspective on animal emotions
• Moving tale of bonds and loss
• Reflection on own emotions and attachments
• Unique perspective on interspecies relationships

How Animals Grieve is a book that opens our eyes to the rich world of animal emotions. Barbara King, drawing on her research and observations, presents moving stories that encourage reflection on our own experiences of grief and loss. The author tells of elephants surrounding a dying matriarch, a cat longing for her sister, and a baboon female grieving after the loss of her daughter. These touching stories show the deep bonds that connect animals and their ability to feel emotions that we often attribute only to humans.

This book is not only a fascinating read for animal lovers, but also an important voice in the discussion about ethics and our relationship with other species. Barbara King encourages us to see animals as sentient beings who deserve respect and compassion. Thanks to this book, we can better understand our animal companions and appreciate their role in our lives. This publication allows us to look at our own emotions and experiences as part of a larger network of life, death, love, and loss, uniting all beings on our planet.

Purana Publishing presents this book in hardcover, which ensures durability and an aesthetic appearance. The 15x21.5 cm format makes the book comfortable to read and ideal for taking with you on your travels. The number of pages – 232 – provides enough content to fully explore the topic of grief in animals. The year of publication 2018 indicates that this is a relatively new publication that takes into account the latest research and discoveries in the field of anthropology and ethology.