On January 27, 2025, the South African Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment (DFFE) gazetted (that is, opened for formal public comment) a new report on the management of elephants in the country entitled the National Elephant Heritage Strategy. According to the preamble, this draft...
WellBeing News has periodically carried articles on global and US dog populations. For example, in the November 2020 Issue, we included an article summarizing several core findings from projects carried out by WellBeing International and others over the past ten years.For example, we noted that...
Video credit: Tamer ALKIS, iStockIn 1999, the West Nile Virus was introduced to the eastern United States through an unknown route. The virus was particularly lethal to crows and their relatives, such as blue jays. Experts estimated that the crow population in the U.S. declined...
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...
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...
Book review of Cowpuppy by Gregory Berns, published by Harper Collins, 2024 As in the immortal film classic about the rescue of Elsa the baby lion, where the opening scenes cover the struggle to persuade the motherless cub Elsa to drink milk to survive, Gregory Berns also...
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...
