All titles by
Susan McCarthy
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Stuart Krichevsky
When Elephants Weep
The Emotional Lives of Animals
Delacorte, January 1995
From dancing squirrels to bashful gorillas to spiteful killer whales, Masson and coauthor Susan McCarthy bring forth fascinating anecdotes and illuminating insights that offer powerful proof of the existence of animal emotion. Chapters on love, joy, anger, fear, shame, compassion, and loneliness are framed by a provocative re-evaluation of how we treat animals, from hunting and eating them to scientific experimentation. Forming a complete and compelling picture of the inner lives of animals, When Elephants Weepassures that we will never look at animals in the same way again.
“Fascinating…Compassionate…A book to be read more than once…A kind of nature lover’s rendezvous with reality.”
– Philadelphia Inquirer
“In this impassioned volume [Masson and McCarthy] argue their case with intriguing examples culled from scientific literature…In addition to offering a fascinating array of animals, it convincingly argues that their emotional life is an area worthy of scientific exploration.”
– People