“This isn’t just primates, either. Comparative neurological studies have found that even though the brains of animals traditionally associated with intelligence, such as the higher orders of primates and dolphins, are structurally more similar to those of humans, in terms of emotional resemblance it’s dogs who are our closest kin. We are not anthropomorphizing our dogs when we say, for example, He missed me, as Jeff’s did when he had to leave them behind to go undercover. They really did seem joyful when they came to visit the farm. Dogs can grieve. Dogs really do love us.”