Do farm animals love humans?

We have goats, roosters, hens and ducks at our house. We take the eggs from hens and we do kill the roosters and male goats occasionally. By your logic, we do not show any emotional attachment to them. read more

We might not value the lives of animals as we value the lives of humans but we do care for them to start with. If you ask any farmers who have farm animals in India, they will consider these animals as part of their family. read more

Also over time those who have appreciated human affection have increased survival rate, so those animals that had mutations that made them comfortable with or desire grooming passed on their genes through selective breeding and simply people would feed the animals they like more food. read more

We humans love animals. We house some of them in our homes, treating our pets like family. We stage funerals for those household pets—some places even offer cremation services specifically for animals, like this place in Whitman—and we also mourn the loss of creatures we never even saw in real life. read more