On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:07:04 -0800 (PST), luke.saul@space.unibe.ch wrote:

>A mother mouse hardly lacks compassion.  Are horses
>emotionally deficient?

"Dogs NEVER anticipate, nor do cats, or cattle, or 
any other animal you've ever encountered." - Goo

"Animals do not experience frustration." - Goo

"Animals cannot be or feel disappointed." - Goo

"Non human animals experience neither pride nor 
disappointment.  They don't have the mental ability 
to feel either." - Goo

"Anticipation requires language." - Goo

"No animals anticipate." - Goo

"Dogs, cats, cattle, almost all animals "lower" than 
the great apes have no sense of self." - Goo

"They are not aware that they can see. " - Goo

"They are *not* aware that they can smell." - Goo