Cats, in many ways, have a bad reputation, when it comes to their emotional range. Besides positive emotions, like the joy of lazing about in the sun, it is often not easy to spot many other emotions in our feline companions, other than, perhaps, indignation and hurt pride.
The usual contrast is with dogs, of course, with their emotional range of loyalty, disappointment, jealousy, and, yes, grief. But in tune with a flurry of other studies that force us to reevaluate the complexity of cat cognition and especially cat emotions, it seems that cats have a significantly more complex emotional life than what they let on.
According to a new study, cats seem to show signs of grief after the passing of another pet........