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  • Can they die of a broken heart? Yes
  • Yes I believe they Do. Anything that Breaths and eats has feeling .. Good or Bad feeling and Sometimes Both .
  • Yes I truly believe they have feelings. I Know my pets definatley do.
  • Researchers continue to unlock the mystery of animal emotions, but it seems quite clear that they display emotions such as fear, love, grief, anger and more. Personally, I think it's arrogant to assume that only humans can appreciate this world through emotional reaction.
  • I do believe that animals have feelings. I have seen them cry, so I took it that they have feelings. In essence animals are much like humans.
  • Yes animals have feelings and I think that sometimes they feel more than we do.
  • yes.look in to a dogs eyes
  • yes.look in to a dogs eyes
  • they have nerve endings dont they?
  • yes, in my opinion they most definitely do.
  • Definately. Swans mate for life. Elephants will look after the sick. Dogs seem to love as much and more faithfully than humans. There are many more examples.
  • Yes, definitely. We should just not project our own feelings on them. Some research about that: "Are Chimpanzees Capable of Understanding and Recognizing Emotions?" http://whozoo.org/AnlifeSS2001/serishoo/Are%20Chimpanzees%20Capable%20of.htm "Are Animals Conscious?" http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/animals/are_animals_conscious.htm "But after years of ignoring or discounting what pet lovers have long maintained, scientists are finally beginning to believe that mammals, at least, have some form of emotions—and investigating them is now a hot topic." http://www.elephantvoices.org/tools/documents/feelings.pdf "The basis of all CIWF's work on farm animal welfare is the recognition that animals are sentient beings. This means they are capable of being aware of sensations and emotions, of feeling pain and suffering, and of experiencing a state of well being. CIWF believes that our own behaviour towards animals should be guided by this recognition of their sentience." http://www.ciwf.org.uk/education/animal.html "The expression of emotions in animals raises many interesting and challenging questions to which relatively little detailed scientific research has been devoted. I think most of us love animals because they have feelings, and we're aware of these feelings when we interact with them" http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/246index.shtml "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, [...] in which dozens of animal researchers explain why they believe animals have emotions." http://animalliberationfront.com/Philosophy/Morality/Speciesism/animalsfeelings.htm "Jonathan Balcombe has broken what he describes as the scientific taboo on discussing animal feelings. In Pleasurable Kingdom: Animals and the Nature of Feeling Good, he argues that most scientists are still much too reluctant to talk about animals feeling happy or experiencing pleasure because of an unjustified fear of being considered anthropomorphic. He criticizes those who insist on sticking to observable behavior and refuse to take what he sees as the obvious next step of attributing conscious emotions to the animals they study." http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1641%2FB570114

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