‘Stranger things have happened’…

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  Mary Finelli says:

  February 26, 2019 at 11:33 am

  What a wonderful op-ed! Thank you for sharing it with us. I’ve posted excerpts from it a couple of other places where I know it will be further appreciated.

  ‘You know, they have thoughts, dreams and personalities, so being taken to be killed was a horrible experience for them, too.'”
  How great to see a farmer acknowledge this. Scientists are getting called out for their denial of emotions in nonhuman animals. High time!
  “When we deny the facts of evolution, when we pretend that only humans think, feel and know, ‘it stands in the way of a frank assessment of who we are as a species’…An understanding of evolution demands that we recognize continuity across life-forms. And even more important, achieving realistic and compassionate relationships with the rest of the animate world requires that we honor these connections”

  MAMA’S LAST HUG
  Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us about Ourselves by Frans de Waal
  The New York Times, Sy Montgomery, February 25, 2019
  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/books/review/frans-de-waal-mamas-last-hug.html

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    Sandra Kyle says:

    February 26, 2019 at 1:40 pm

    That is a beautiful quote, Mary, thankyou. I will also share Mamma’s Last Hug. So deeply moving… xx

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      Mary Finelli says:

      February 26, 2019 at 3:32 pm

      Thanks, Sandra. Here are a couple of other recent articles well worth reading: https://www.facebook.com/FishFeel.org/posts/2320854471471305

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        Sandra Kyle says:

        February 27, 2019 at 6:25 pm

        Great, thanks Mary. I am trying to do several posts a week; if you haven’t received emails for a few days, check in your SPAM folder. In some cases they have started to go there. xx

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