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When animals send mixed signals about their quality of life

My horse has arthritis and can barely walk but she still nickers when she sees me and I do not know if that means she wants to keep living.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Reading the hearts of creatures who cannot speak their pain becomes an impossible translation of love and projection.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Companion animals?”

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