Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International Archive

Oct 28, 2024

Posted at 12:55h In Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Save The Dogs & Other Animals, Sloboda Zvierat, Street Dog Coalition, Tales of WellBeing, Tigers in America, Worldwide Vets - By

[caption id="attachment_12440" align="alignleft" width="296"] Helena who escaped Kherson with only her dog Kuzma gets a pet carrier from Save the Dogs. Dated 3/20/22. | Photo credit: Save the Dogs & Other Animals.[/caption]As the Ukraine Rescue, Relief, and Rebuild (U3R) coalition prepares for another year of...

Sep 30, 2024

Posted at 13:34h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing - By and

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...

Sep 30, 2024

Posted at 12:16h In Animal Well-being, Articles, BCI (Blue Cross of India), Companion Animals, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing - By and

In 1959, Captain V. Sundaram, his wife Usha and their son, S. Chinny Krishna (then almost 15 years old), were three of the four founding members of the Animal Aid Association in Madras (now Chennai) in southern India. 1964, the organization was formally registered as...

Sep 19, 2024

Posted at 16:51h In Animal Well-being, Companion Animals, Ethics, Regulation, Law, Global Dog Campaign, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes - By and

ChallengeOn July 30, 2024, the Turkish parliament voted 275 to 224 to pass a law directing municipalities to remove homeless dogs from the streets and place them in shelters for adoption. The government estimates there are around 4 million homeless dogs in Turkey. At the...

Aug 29, 2024

Posted at 15:40h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals - By and

The tiger, a creature of almost mystical, magical, and majestic allure and the subject of Blake's famous 1794 poem Tyger, is battling for survival in its final refuges in Thailand and Myanmar in Southeast Asia. The populations of tigers in the neighboring countries of Cambodia,...

Jun 18, 2024

Posted at 15:35h In AHPPA (Asociación Humanitaria para la Protección Animal), Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Global Dog Campaign, Tales of WellBeing - By and

In 2015, Costa Rican government agencies brought seized and rescued companion animals from substandard conditions or illegal activities such as dog fighting to the animal shelter near San Jose. The shelter, run by the Asociación Humanitaria Para la Protección Animal (AHPPA), a partner organization in...

May 08, 2024

Posted at 17:06h In Articles, Climate Change, Environment Well-being, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News - By and

As a graduate student at Yale University School of Forestry, Thomas Crowther was intrigued by a question his roommate was asked: how many trees were on Earth? While his roommate didn't see the significance of the question, Crowther took up the challenge of using a...

Apr 17, 2024

Posted at 12:18h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Human Well-being, Tales of WellBeing - By and

IntroductionWellBeing International continues to explore the potential health benefits of the human-animal bond and return to the benefits of service dogs for veterans in this newsletter. There are now many organizations promoting and providing service dogs for veterans. WBI focuses on two organizations that provide...

Apr 04, 2024

Posted at 20:12h In Human Well-being, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Sustainability/Biodiversity - By and

In a critical step towards global sustainability, the United Nations (UN) adopted seventeen Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) in 2015. SDG12 addressed consumption and production. Its third indicator target (SDG 12.3) focused on food waste and loss. The UN set a target of halving food waste by...

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