When elephants weep: The emotional lives of animals, by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson and Susan MCCarthy

 

I really enjoyed this book about the feelings and emotions of both wild and domesticated animals. Published in 1995, I expect that some of the evidence has been bolstered even further in the past 25 years. The book is organized in eleven chapters that address a variety of emotions, such as fear, hope, love, grief, sadness, joy, rage, compassion, shame, and more. The author cites many studies and observations by biologists, zookeepers, and others who work closely with animals.