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Susan McCarthy is co-author with Marjorie Ingall of Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies. Ingall & McCarthy write Sorrywatch.com, a website which analyzes apologies. McCarthy also writes about wildlife and animal behavior. She’s co-author of the international bestseller When Elephants Weep: The Emotional Lives of Animals, and author of Becoming a Tiger: How Baby Animals Learn to Live in the Wild. Not literally raised by wolves, McCarthy lives in San Francisco.

Category: Horses

  • Look behind you

    If you're reading this before November 6, 2010, you might want to hurry to Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Kentucky for the chance to be there when the legendary Zenyatta runs her last race in the Breeder's Cup. (Or, yeah, you could watch it on tv.) If you're reading after November 6, scroll down for…

  • Behold this child

    My sister took this photograph. (Click on it for a better look.) It shows Sky, a Thoroughbred mare, and her first foal. The foal's about 5 minutes old. Because it was her first foal, Sky had no idea what was happening when she went into labor. First she felt bad, and then she felt really…