How animals grieve paperback april 17 2014 by barbara j king author visit how animals grieve author barbara king attempts to set the record straight about animals and the way they respond to the passing of a friend or family member the book is loaded with stories of animal grief some of them told by ordinary people who observed animals and followed their plight after . How animals grieve is thoughtful poignant and simultaneously heartwarming and heartbreaking cynthia moss author of elephant memories thirteen years in the life of an elephant family barbara j king has pulled together anecdotal and scientific data on grief and love in animals in her excellent book how animals grieve. In her book how animals grieve anthropologist and author barbara j king explores a multitude of anecdotes about animals that appear to human eyes to experience what we know as grief cats who keen for recently deceased in order to feel grief one must also feel love. Recently however things have begun to shift in the other direction and anthropologist barbara j king is at the forefront of that movement arguing strenuously that we can and should attend to. How animals grieve by barbara j king 2014 04 17 barbara j king on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers how animals grieve by barbara j king 2014 04 17