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Masson also tracks how humans' relationships with animals have changed over time (a \"coevolution,\" he terms it) and suggests that dogs have \"developed something unique in their ability to intuit our emotional states and to show empathy.\" Anyone who's found it difficult to deal with the fact that pets' \"lives are so much shorter\" than humans' will appreciate this compassionate work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly Reviewed on 03\/27\/2020 |\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKIRKUS REVIEW (full review) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe acclaimed author of numerous books about the emotional lives of animals now turns to the experience of losing a pet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I believe it is a deep and ancient longing, to bond with a member of a different species,\" writes Masson near the beginning of this heart-rending foray into the challenge of \"facing the death of...the animal you have come to love like any other member of the family.\" Nothing brings home the depth of that relationship like death, upon which we \"are confronted with mortality in general, writ large in these animals who have become family, but in some sense even more than family-maybe part of ourselves.\" The author investigates the psychology of this loss through testimonies from their human companions as well as conversations with friends and veterinarians. Masson's tone is sympathetic, for he is a firm believer in the sentience of animals and the dignity with which they should be treated in life and death. He argues that animals have a sense of impending death and that death could be as relevant to them as it is to us. Dogs, in particular, bring an unalloyed state of pure happiness when they are in our presence, an elemental love free of all the baggage that accompanies human relationships. In many ways, that is why their loss is so heartbreaking. Occasionally, Masson's associations go too far-\"losing [a pet] is very much like losing a child\"-but readers can skip parts that seem over the edge. 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Pests is natural history writing at its best.” — Riley Black, author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World  “Brookshire convincingly argues that many of the problems we blame on pests arise not from the creatures themselves but from our own self-centered ways of looking at the world. A fascinating look at how culture, traditions, and human behavior shape the way people coexist or come into conflict with the animals that share their habitats.” — Christie Aschwanden, author of Good to Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery  “As human populations expand and the climate changes, these animals are not going away. 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