TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ISABELLE TOUSSAINT A picture taken on March 31, 2010 shows Bounty (L) and Charlotte (R) sharing pet food in an apartment in Paris. The junk food and poor eating habits affecting humans is also killing their four-legged pals, say veterinary surgeons and experts, Allergies and obesity are reducing the life expectancy of Lassies and Mittens nourished worldwide on industrial foodstuffs, said Gerard Lippert, a Belgian acupuncturist for animals who has just completed a study on the diets of 600 dead dogs. AFP PHOTO/FRANCOIS GUILLOT (Photo credit should read FRANCOIS GUILLOT/AFP/Getty Images)

Experiment Shows Dogs Will Give Food To Their Friends

Are dogs capable of kindness, even when they get nothing back in return? A new experiment says they are. Researchers in Austria wanted to measure if dogs were able to act prosocially, or exhibit voluntary behavior that benefits another or society as a whole. Humans do this when they share, co-operate, donate, etc.…

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