Is compassion only human? Are animals much more complex than what we believe? Could God havegranted attributes to animals that, in our opinion, are solely human? Some evidence suggests that elephants might be able to expresshuman-like compassion, according to a paper that is going to bepublished in the August issue of Applied Animal Behaviour Science. Researchers came to this conclusion after observing the behavior of agroup of elephants in a Kenyan reserve that watched as one of thematriarchs, Eleanor, fell ill and died. Not only the dying animal wasassisted by an elephant unrelated to her, but once she fell dead,Eleanor was visited by elephants from her own family and other familiesas well. All the elephants showed interest in the body, sniffing it,hovering a foot over it and nudging it with her tusks. Scientistsbelieve that this type of behavior "[It] leads to the conclusion thatelephants have a generalized response to suffering and death... and thatthis is not restricted to kin." To read the full article please visitWe’d love to hear your comments about this subject! Your question and comments are welcome