Posts Tagged ‘animals’
Sweden woman’s ‘murder’ committed by elk not husband BBC News (November 28, 2009) So yeah. There are a number of more important articles that I SHOULD be posting to Death Ref right now, but I couldn’t resist this one. Especially since Swedish officials are saying that Elk can become aggressive after eating fermented apples. I [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law
- Tags: animals
Chimpanzee Funeral?
31, Oct 2009The Story Behind Our Photo of Grieving Chimps Jeremy Berlin, National Geographic Blog Central (October 29, 2009) Fast on the heels of debatably mourning magpies, I offer you the somewhat more definitive (pics and it happened!) chimpanzee funeral, where huddled, sad chimps appear to pay their last respects to their dead companion Dorothy. Of course [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Biology|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: animals, funerals
No Tittering of Mourning Magpies
21, Oct 2009Magpies Hold Funerals for Fallen Feathered Friends Lester Haines, The Register (October 21, 2009) Animal Emotions, Wild Justice and Why They Matter: Grieving Magpies, a Pissy Baboon, and Empathic Elephants (paid access only) Marc Berkoff, Emotion, Space and Society (August 27, 2009; doi:10.1016/j.emospa.2009.08.001) Reporting on an unfortunately toll-access article from the journal Emotion, Space and [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Biology|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: animals, memorializing, research
Pets-n-Death
8, Sep 2009I Don’t Wanna Be Buried in a Pet Sematary — The Ramones People are crazy about their pets. Diamond tiaras, cat condos, doggie daycares serving gourmet kibble, anti-depressants and acupuncture for the unstable pet in your life — all this and more is available for Mr. Wiggles or Li’l Boots. After all, they’re not simply [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Cemeteries|Cremation|Funeral Industry|Monuments + Memorials
- Tags: animals, pets