Wild horses draw considerable public attention and support. In Australia and the United States, they are regarded as symbols of the pioneer spirit that helped shape the settlement of these countries. Mrs. Velma Johnston, known as "Wild Horse Annie" from Reno, NV, effectively rallied public...
In 1990, an international research collaboration was launched to map and sequence the human genome, now known as the Human Genome Project (HGP). Four years earlier, Thomas H. Roderick of the Jackson Laboratory in Maine coined a new term – "genomics" – that was adopted...
The European Union (EU) and its earlier formations have played a significant role in developing animal welfare regulations and oversight since the 1970s. However, the EU has generally not addressed issues related to companion animal welfare, believing it is more effective for individual member countries...
In 1985, Dr. Denise Herzing launched the Wild Dolphin Project (WDP) to study dolphins in the wild and identify their social structures and interactions. Dr. Herzing's interest in knowing what dolphins might think began when she was just 12 years old. She chose to study...
The ongoing controversy surrounding outdoor cats is a genuine concern for those who care about animal welfare. Although outcries over the impact of cat predation on wildlife, especially birds, were heard as early as the turn of the twentieth century, these worries have become significantly...
In July 2014, following the persistent advocacy of Dame Sally Davies, England's Chief Medical Officer, Prime Minister David Cameron tasked an expert group with producing a report on the spread of antimicrobial resistance. Lord Jim O'Neill, an economist, was appointed as the chair of this...
In the early 1970s, numerous reports in publications such as Science and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and in popular media highlighted the problem of free-roaming dogs in nearly every American community. Veterinarian Dr. Max Feldman noted in the Science editorial that some roaming...
Dr. Boris Levinson (1907-1984), a psychologist, reportedly coined the term "pet therapy" in 1964. However, Levinson's initiative was criticized by his colleagues. Thirteen years later, the Delta Society, founded by a group of veterinarians and a psychiatrist in 1977 (now doing business as Pet Partners),...
Around 1990, the Delta Society (now Pet Partners – an organization supporting animal-assisted activities and therapy) held its annual meeting in New Jersey. During one of the lunchtime sessions, five Jingles Awards were issued to five human-animal teams representing different areas of human-animal cooperation. The...
In 1991, DC veterinarian Earl Strimple published an article in the Journal of the Veterinary Medical Association (Volume 199(2):206-208) describing the impact of Maggie, a small Yorkshire Terrier, on Joe, the sexton at Dr. Strimple's church, Maggie was the companion of the minister at the...
