Grief: the price we pay for love
By Dr Irene Renzenbrink And can it be that in a world so full and busy, the loss of one weak creature makes a void in any heart, so wide and deep that nothing but the width and depth of vast eternity can fill it up. Charles Dickens, ‘Dombey and Son’ In...
Animals and humans: the emotions we share
By Dr Vicki Hutton The debate is over – animals do have feelings and they can experience emotions and pain. Different animals may not feel things in exactly the same way that humans do, but scientists in neuroscience, biology and ethology have provided mounting...