How Animals Grieve (32 page)

voles, prairie,
73–74

Volk, Tyler,
152
,
156

Vuavua (chimpanzee),
81–82
,
83

Waal, Frans de,
86

Wager-Smith, Karen,
47–48
,
49
,
50

Washington (DC), National Zoological Park,
78
,
79
,
104–5

Washoe (chimpanzee),
141–43

Watts, David,
79–80
,
87

waves,
160–61

whales,
99–101

What Is Death?
(Volk),
152
,
156

White, Gilbert,
104
,
105

Whittlesey, Lee H.,
134–35

Widow’s Story, A
(Oates),
145
,
149–50

Wild Wilderness
(film),
119

Willa (cat),
12
; companion of,
12–13
; grief-related behavior,
11
,
13
,
14
,
165
; new companion for,
15
,
16–17
,
20

Wilson, E. O.,
1

Winkie (elephant),
61–63

Winnie (pig),
39

wolves,
137
,
138

Wompa (cat),
18

Woodstock Animal Sanctuary (NY),
38

writing.
See
literature; obituaries

Xeres (chimpanzee),
85

Xindra (chimpanzee),
85

Year of Magical Thinking, The
(Didion),
146

Yellowstone Buffalo Preservation Act (proposed, 2005),
137

Yellowstone National Park: bison,
135–38
,
164
; dangers,
134–35
; moose,
139
; ravens,
93

Young, Larry,
74

“You’re Missing” (song),
151

YouTube,
103
,
135

Zakula (gorilla),
132

Zimmer, Carl,
22

zoos: chimpanzees in,
78
,
123
,
128–30
; elephants in,
60–61
; ethical concerns about,
124
; gorillas in,
130–33
; hamster-snake bond at,
110
; Knut’s death in,
112
; potential research at,
165
; treatment of death at,
108
.
See also specific zoos and parks