Prologue: on grief and love Keening for Carson the cat A dog's best friend Mourning on the farm Why bunnies get depressed Elephant bones Do monkeys mourn? Chimpanzees, cruel to be kind Bird love Sea of emotion: dolphins, whales, and turtles No boundaries: cross-species grief Animal suicide? Ape grief On bison death in Yellowstone and obituaries of animals Writing grief The prehistory of grief
