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Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

So many of those people treat their cat like a lamp though. Of course your cat is a "loner sociopath" - if you barely interact with it and never give it attention or enrichment it's going to fuck off and do its own thing without you.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Or a bunch try to treat their cat like a dog, which also won't work.