Are animals capable of hate?

[Altair]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

I had a dog that when I brought a cat home, he bit her and drew blood. Later on..... if the dog was eating, he would step aside and let the cat eat.

That same dog, when young, killed a bunch of my sister's chickens. When a dog does that, they generally put the dog 'to sleep'. I did nothing. Later, on, the dog would be in his dog house and he would allow my chickens to come and drink out of his water bowl. Virtually every day when I went to feed the chickens and ducks, the dog would go with me. He never chased the chickens nor where the chickens and ducks afraid of him.

I had a big red rooster. When he saw me, he would come a running. I would lower my arms and pick him up. He loved to have his neck rubbed. When he died, he was the only animal I ever cried for.

That's a nice rooster tale.
I've seen different roosters.. some aggressive ones that bully the hens, and others that wait for the hens to have their fill.

Sadly I've seen troubled old roosters laying down and gasping for their last breath. Not fun to watch such lively birds decay like that.
It might just be better for them to get a neck bite from a fox, and there were plenty chickens we had that were caught by foxes.