Do elephants show empathy?

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 10-11, 2008, Pages 204-225

  Bates, Lucy A ^a   Lee, Phyllis C ^b,c   Njiraini, Norah ^b   Poole, Joyce H ^b   Sayialel, Katito ^b   Sayialel, Soila ^b   Moss, Cynthia J ^b   Byrne, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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