Andrew Rowan, DPhil, Kathleen Rowan, Author at WellBeing International

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Apr 16, 2023 Exciting Developments for the Connectivity of Wild Landscapes

Posted at 16:33h In Animals in Our World, Articles, CLLC (Center for Large Landscape Conservation), Connectivity, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan

The Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC), called Climate Conservation initially, was established by veterinarian and conservation biologist Dr. Gary Tabor in Bozeman, Montana, in 2011. WBI was delighted when CLLC agreed to be a WBI partner. Both organizations are building connections and partnerships to...

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Mar 29, 2023 World Happiness Report 2023

Posted at 15:45h In Feel Better, Letter from the President, People Well-being - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The first World Happiness Report (WHR) appeared in 2012. In 2013, the UN General Assembly declared March 20th the International Day of Happiness (Resolution 66/281). In 2013 and every subsequent year except 2014, the World Happiness Report, written by an expanding group of experts, was...

Mar 29, 2023 One Health: A Public Health Solution or Slogan?

Posted at 15:38h In Articles, Global Awareness, PAE Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Some of the earliest surveys of pet ownership in the United States were carried out in the 1970s by Robert Schneider and his colleagues at the University of California in Davis. They were interested in developing a One Health solution to human cancer by studying...

Mar 16, 2023 “Justice for Animals: Our Collective Responsibility” by Martha C. Nussbaum

Posted at 11:40h In Animals in Our World, Book Review, Law & Regulations - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Book ReviewMore has been written on the moral status of animals in the past fifty years than in the previous 5,000. Peter Singer championed the cause of animals using Utilitarian approaches, Tom Regan developed a deontological argument on behalf of animal rights, and Bernard Rollin...

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Mar 16, 2023 Human-Wildlife Interactions (and Conflicts) in Urban Environment

Posted at 11:20h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Human-Animal Interaction, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Some wildlife species have adapted successfully to urban environments and the presence of humans and their companion animals. Garbage cans are, or can be, a significant food source for urban wildlife and may be a source of human-wildlife conflict.In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons have...

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Mar 01, 2023 Bird Flu: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – An Update

Posted at 15:37h In Articles, Education - Human Health, Global Awareness, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In the last few years, a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) virus has caused the deaths of millions of seabirds and waterfowl worldwide, and many more millions of factory-farmed poultry being culled to halt the spread of the virus. WBI wrote about the emergence...

Mar 01, 2023 The Anniversary of the UNEA Nexus Resolution

Posted at 15:28h In Articles, Global Awareness, Letter from the President, PAE Well-being - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

On March 2, 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (the world's environment parliament) passed a landmark resolution calling on the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to produce a report on the Nexus between animal welfare, the environment, and sustainable development. This Resolution offers enormous potential...

Mar 01, 2023 Wildlife, Economics, and Well-Being

Posted at 15:15h In Articles, Global Awareness, WellBeing News, Wild Animals on Land - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In most countries, wildlife is owned by the state. However, there are exceptions. In Southern Africa (e.g., Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe), laws passed thirty or more years ago have given private landowners property rights over all the wildlife on their land. These property rights...

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Feb 03, 2023 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Posted at 10:37h In Education - Human Health, Global Awareness, Letter from the President - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

The world is tired of pandemics and the associated restrictions that new and emerging diseases have placed on our lives. But some disease threats are too severe to be ignored.ContextIn 2006, Lantern Books published "Bird Flu: A Virus of our Own Hatching," by Dr....

Feb 03, 2023 Rhino Conservation in Africa

Posted at 10:31h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Conservation, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The recovery of White Rhino populations in Africa (specifically South Africa) has been widely lauded as an exceptional conservation success, and the numbers support that claim. In 1895, only 20 white rhinos were left in Africa – all in the Hluhluwe Park (pronounced glugluey with...

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