Jonathan Birch is a philosopher at the London School of Economics who has dedicated significant time and effort to studying sentience and how to identify sentient beings or systems reliably. He was the lead author of a report that advised the UK Government on the...
Over the past seventy-eight years, my reflections on the world have become more organized. Unsurprisingly, my reflections align closely with WellBeing International's six main program areas: Animals in Conflict, Democratizing Information, Animal Sentience, Global Awareness, the Global Dog Campaign, and the Feel Better campaign. The...
Refresher and Context The 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from November 11 to November 22, 2024. A UN "Convention" is an international treaty or agreement among countries to tackle a...
The annual Conference of Parties (COP) on climate change has grown into a bloated international meeting where thousands of lobbyists, non-profit advocates and representatives from most of the 195 countries in the world vie for attention and influence. There are estimated to be 40-50,000 people...
Video Credit: Sven Ole Brandt, ShutterstockRecent news articles have highlighted concerns about bird flu following a report of human infections from Colorado and Michigan. A study by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) randomly sampled 115 individuals working in dairies. The results showed that 7%...
The climate change conference COP29 is currently taking place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. This year's conference includes a pavilion dedicated to global food systems, aimed at creating a platform for "collaborative dialogue, knowledge sharing, and decision-making" regarding the important role of agriculture and...
WellBeing News has published three articles on the changing attitudes towards wolves and the conflicts arising from wolf management in North America: The Wolf Pendulum in the United States, May 10, 2021, Human-Wolf Conflict and Wolf Protection, January 31, 2022, and Wolves Revisited, March 2,...
In 2014, Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) launched a campaign entitled "End the Cage Age" to end the use of cages for farmed animals in the European Union (EU). Toward the end of 2018, CIWF registered a European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) with the European Commission...
In a 1973 article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Carl Djerassi, often referred to as the "father" of the birth control pill, and his colleagues argued that an effective method of animal birth control (the article was titled "Planned Parenthood for Pets") was necessary...
Image: Owney with Mail Clerk Friends | Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum, Smithsonian InstitutionDogs have magical qualities and abilities. They inspire love, affection, and a deep sense of connection. Their endearing antics, unique quirks, ability to "read" human emotions, and boundless loyalty never...
