I always knew that the communication with animals is real. But now having a dog I really feel that we communicate. Me with words, he rather mute but sometimes produces some strange noises when we talk.
He, the black Labrador, is so cute and so lovely that I call him my "Black Angel". I feel that he exactly knows what I mean.
While most of us wouldn’t go out of our way to hurt another living creature, plenty of people don’t think twice about eating meat. I can fully understand those who do not want to touch meat. But I can also understand those who love to eat meat. It is somehow combined with the destruction of animals but I think that when we do not exaggerate anything in life, everything makes more sense and is "excusable".
Even though many people would like to believe that animals don’t have feelings and aren’t affected by the way we treat them, science shows they do indeed experience emotions and have distinct personalities much like humans do. But I believe that they also know what role they are playing in our lives. It is and always was a co-existence.
The study says that it won’t come as much of a surprise that horses are very emotional, given their social nature. Any horse owner will tell you their horse has feelings, but it actually goes much further than that. I believe it and even love that idea and would never hurt a horse because I know that they can experience both anxiety and fear.
Researchers have found that one of the factors with the biggest influence on horses’ emotions is the way they are housed. Horses that were kept outdoors in fields had a lower tendency to be afraid of new objects than those who were kept individually in boxes. They also found the animals are capable of experiencing both anxiety and fear.
Cows are not an exception. They also show a broad range of emotions. In particular, they express fear and anxiety, and it’s something that can be measured by how much of their eye white can be seen. Their ears also provide clues to their emotional state, with relaxed ears indicating they feel alright - researchers said.
"When stressed – for example, after being branded – cows are not as good at judging ambiguous stimuli. It stands to reason, then, that cows suffer greatly when they are kept in inhumane cattle farms. They can experience emotional contagion as well, with one study showing that they release the stress hormone cortisol and eat less when they’re under stress, such as when they see and hear their fellow cows being slaughtered or are separated from family members".
When we would look at all these signs and would not be money-driven, we can help the nature to find the balance needed.