Terry L. Maple, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, College of Charleston Archive

May 17, 2023

Posted at 12:30h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, Ethics, Regulation, Law, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing, Wildlife in Captivity - By

The incredible story of Willie B was influenced by the aspirations of Mayor William Barry Hartsfield, who served twenty-four years as Mayor of Atlanta, and the leadership of Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young, who had the courage and the vision to reimagine Atlanta’s zoological park when...

Apr 16, 2023

Posted at 16:39h In Animal Sentience, Animal Well-being, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals, Wildlife in Captivity - By

In graduate school at the University of California at Davis, I specialized in primate socialization and attachment disruption when animals were separated from their mothers at an early age. I was as prepared as anyone to evaluate Willie B’s prospects for socialization, but his future...

Mar 16, 2023

Posted at 11:35h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals, Wildlife in Captivity - By

This tale is the first in a three-part series about Willie B., Atlanta's iconic ape and one of the most famous gorillas in the world. Willie B., named after the long-serving Mayor of Atlanta, William B. Hartsfield, was captured in Cameroon, probably in 1960, and...

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