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Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

IDK if it works this way with dogs, but with cats, if one of your pets dies, you should show the body to the living relatives, let them sniff it and be aware of what's going on. They will deal with it better if they know what happened than if Other Buddy just disappeared one day and they don't know if buddy is coming back.