Why Bunnies Get Depressed Summary

Hachiko, a fluffy gold and white Akita with black marble eyes, was the companion of Eisaburo Enyo. Eisaburo Enyo was a professor at Tokyo Imperial University (King 21). Every day on his commute to work he was accompanied by Hachiko. When his train departed from the station Hachiko would go home only to return later in the day and wait for Professor Enyo to get off the train (King 21). Rain or shine, Hachiko was always there waiting. One year Professor Enyo unexpectedly died while at work. Hachiko stayed at the station waiting for his beloved owner who would never return. Of course skeptics would say that the dog was just following his instincts. That he only went to the station to greet the hand that fed him. They would say that Hachiko only
Kings book How Animals Grieve called “Why Bunnies get Depressed”. She gave great examples of grief in animals such as dogs and cats all the way to birds and dolphins. She also touched on animals grieving the loss of other animals, and even animal suicide. It was an incredibly interesting piece of writing. Many times when you are researching animal emotions, you come across lots of stories about people and their pets. These stories are always about the connection between the owner and the pet, just like Hachiko and Professor Enyo. While these stories are good, they aren’t useable as solid evidence. This is because the risk of anthropomorphism. So the reason that this passage is so interesting is because it was about the relationship between two
Vincent was adopted from a pet shelter and had been badly neglected by his owners. Even after having such a traumatizing early life, it didn’t take long for him to become a normal rabbit. Vincent would spend his days hopping around the house and playing around with his owners. Then along came Lucy. Lucy had been born without ears and was completely deaf. At first the rabbits did not get along well. Vincent always acted defensive around lucy; this may have been because of Lucys odd earless look. Then one day, Lucy jumped into Vincents cage and the two slept together the whole night. The next day, everything about their relationship changed. The two were inseparable. They would run around the house, playing and chasing each other around. They would groom each other and even sleep next to each other. King goes on to explain how Vincent always seemed to be infatuated with Lucy and liked to follow her everywhere she