Andrew Rowan, DPhil, Author at WellBeing International, Inc.

Jun 30, 2020 Companion Animals in a Time of COVID-19

Posted at 04:40h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Letter from the President, Population & Demographics, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

As we continue to struggle with the current Covid-19 pandemic, it appears that there has been an uptick across the world in the demand for companion animals. In the early phases of the pandemic, there was some concern that our companion animals might be a...

Jun 11, 2020 Karuna for Corona – Feeding the Homeless Dogs

Posted at 07:46h In Animals in Our World, Articles, BCI (Blue Cross of India), Companion Animals - Homeless, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

On March 24, the Indian government ordered a national 21-day lockdown as part of its response to the global Covid-19 pandemic. The lockdown has been extended several times and is now projected to last until June 30. This precaution has resulted in significant hardship for...

Jun 02, 2020 Pets and Coronavirus: An Update

Posted at 05:16h In Animals in Our World, PAE Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In the last WellBeing News (Issue 2:4), we ran a short item on pets and the coronavirus. We would like to draw readers’ attention to an excellent new review of all the studies to date that have looked at the potential for pets to catch...

May 30, 2020 Global Dog Populations

Posted at 09:57h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Letter from the President, Population & Demographics, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In human health management, we generally must know the size of the problem before we can manage it successfully. This is also true of the management of animals such as dogs and cats. This letter will address what we know about global dog populations on...

May 30, 2020 Shifting Baselines: Understanding the True Extent of Wildlife Decline

Posted at 05:04h In Articles, Global Awareness, Population & Demographics, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Over the past few years, news stories describing the global wildlife decline have generally referenced the Living Planet Index (LPI), which is based on methodology developed by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London. The LPI indicates that wildlife populations have declined...

Apr 30, 2020 Sustainable Development & Trophy Hunting

Posted at 07:54h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Conservation, Letter from the President, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Sustainability has become a popular term encompassing the notion that we need to promote and pursue policies that will allow future generations of humans to live and benefit from the wealth provided by the Earth. In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 Agenda...

llustration credit: Jones et al,2008, Nature 451, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06536

Mar 31, 2020 The Context for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Posted at 13:31h In Animals in Our World, Articles, PAE Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

At the beginning of this century, a review paper (Daszak et al, 2000) highlighted the importance of the consumption of wildlife as a major source of a series of dangerous new “emerging” pathogens. The most well-known of these is the AIDS virus that was first recognized...

Mar 28, 2020 The State of Well-Being

Posted at 09:48h In Articles, Feel Better, Letter from the President, PAE Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In February 2019, Wellbeing News carried an article discussing ideas relating to the state of well-being of People, Animals and the Environment. This article was followed by an item on the United Nations’ World Happiness Report in Tales of WellBeing. The World Happiness Report is issued...

Mar 13, 2020 Zakouma, Chad – A Dying to Living Story

Posted at 14:06h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Protected Areas, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

[caption id="attachment_7103" align="alignleft" width="500"] Elephant calf drinking in Zakouma, NP, Chad as part of the largest elephant herd in Africa. Photo by Thomas Clode[/caption] The Chadian government established the Zakouma National Park, a 3,000 Km2 area in the south-east of the country, in 1963. At the...

Rescued fox | Photo credit: Rachael Brown

Mar 13, 2020 Wildlife Rescue – The Guide

Posted at 06:24h In Animal Well-being, Animals in Our World, Articles, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Most of us will have had an occasion to rescue an injured or ill wild animal, whether it be a mouse that the cat has caught, a bird that has flown into a window or something more exotic. I suspect that we then scramble to...

Andrew Rowan, DPhil Archive

Jun 30, 2020 Companion Animals in a Time of COVID-19

Jun 11, 2020 Karuna for Corona – Feeding the Homeless Dogs

Jun 02, 2020 Pets and Coronavirus: An Update

May 30, 2020 Global Dog Populations

May 30, 2020 Shifting Baselines: Understanding the True Extent of Wildlife Decline

Apr 30, 2020 Sustainable Development & Trophy Hunting

Mar 31, 2020 The Context for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 28, 2020 The State of Well-Being

Mar 13, 2020 Zakouma, Chad – A Dying to Living Story

Mar 13, 2020 Wildlife Rescue – The Guide

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Andrew Rowan, DPhil Archive

Jun 30, 2020 Companion Animals in a Time of COVID-19

Jun 11, 2020 Karuna for Corona – Feeding the Homeless Dogs

Jun 02, 2020 Pets and Coronavirus: An Update

May 30, 2020 Global Dog Populations

May 30, 2020 Shifting Baselines: Understanding the True Extent of Wildlife Decline

Apr 30, 2020 Sustainable Development & Trophy Hunting

Mar 31, 2020 The Context for the Coronavirus Pandemic

Mar 28, 2020 The State of Well-Being

Mar 13, 2020 Zakouma, Chad – A Dying to Living Story

Mar 13, 2020 Wildlife Rescue – The Guide

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