Declawing pet cats, or onychectomy, is a surgical procedure performed under general anesthesia that permanently removes a cat's claws. This procedure entails amputating the last bone in each toe and is analogous to removing the last joint of a human finger. The procedure is reported...
About fifty years ago, a research study found that men with dogs were more successful in persuading women to go on dates than men without dogs. The presence of a dog seemed to signal good character. Thirty years later, another study concluded that pets act...
Numerous predictions exist about the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on various aspects of human life. One significant area where AI is already making a difference is language translation. It is being used for everything from providing subtitles for video productions to helping tourists communicate...
The first time we met Mason, he was six weeks old, having just arrived at the airport like some high-maintenance celebrity. And by that, I mean he incessantly barked his little Westie head off while waiting for us in the holding area. The attendant handed...
A new book by philosopher Jeff Sebo presents a series of arguments for expanding the group of entities regarded as moral patients to include all conscious beings. Sebo contends that consciousness is the key factor distinguishing which entities should be included in a broader moral...
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...
