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Apr 16, 2023 Exciting Developments for the Connectivity of Wild Landscapes

Posted at 16:33h In Animal Well-being, Articles, CLLC (Center for Large Landscape Conservation), Sustainability/Biodiversity, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan

The Center for Large Landscape Conservation (CLLC), called Climate Conservation initially, was established by veterinarian and conservation biologist Dr. Gary Tabor in Bozeman, Montana, in 2011. WBI was delighted when CLLC agreed to be a WBI partner. Both organizations are building connections and partnerships to...

Wren | Photo credit: Andrew Howe, iStock

Apr 16, 2023 The Avid Birder

Posted at 16:29h In Articles, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals - By John Hadidian, PhD

In 1955, The United States Fish and Wildlife (FWS) inaugurated a periodic survey focused on Americans’ recreational, wildlife-related activities. One might immediately assume that hunting and fishing would dominate this field, but that would be wrong by a long shot (pun intended). While some 40...

Willie B. in the Atlanta Zoo | Photo credit: Joe Seba

Mar 16, 2023 Coping with Captivity: The Tragic Journey of Willie B.

Posted at 11:35h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals, Wildlife in Captivity - By Terry L. Maple, Ph.D., Dept. of Psychology, College of Charleston

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...

Raccoon scavenging for garbage | Photo credit: Lupico, iStock

Mar 16, 2023 Human-Wildlife Interactions (and Conflicts) in Urban Environment

Posted at 11:20h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Some wildlife species have adapted successfully to urban environments and the presence of humans and their companion animals. Garbage cans are, or can be, a significant food source for urban wildlife and may be a source of human-wildlife conflict.In Cape Town, South Africa, baboons have...

Chickens | Credit: Julia Cherkasova, iStock

Mar 01, 2023 Bird Flu: Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza – An Update

Posted at 15:37h In Articles, Farm Animals, Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In the last few years, a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza (HPAI) virus has caused the deaths of millions of seabirds and waterfowl worldwide, and many more millions of factory-farmed poultry being culled to halt the spread of the virus. WBI wrote about the emergence...

Mar 01, 2023 The Anniversary of the UNEA Nexus Resolution

Posted at 15:28h In Animals, Articles, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Well-being - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

On March 2, 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (the world's environment parliament) passed a landmark resolution calling on the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) to produce a report on the Nexus between animal welfare, the environment, and sustainable development. This Resolution offers enormous potential...

Mar 01, 2023 Wildlife, Economics, and Well-Being

Posted at 15:15h In Animal Well-being, Articles, WellBeing News, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In most countries, wildlife is owned by the state. However, there are exceptions. In Southern Africa (e.g., Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe), laws passed thirty or more years ago have given private landowners property rights over all the wildlife on their land. These property rights...

Photo of turkey with bird flu | Photo credit: amianmathur, iStock

Feb 03, 2023 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza

Posted at 10:37h In Letter from the President, Well-being, Working/Equid Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

The world is tired of pandemics and the associated restrictions that new and emerging diseases have placed on our lives. But some disease threats are too severe to be ignored.ContextIn 2006, Lantern Books published "Bird Flu: A Virus of our Own Hatching," by Dr....

Feb 03, 2023 Rhino Conservation in Africa

Posted at 10:31h In Animal Well-being, Articles, WellBeing News, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The recovery of White Rhino populations in Africa (specifically South Africa) has been widely lauded as an exceptional conservation success, and the numbers support that claim. In 1895, only 20 white rhinos were left in Africa – all in the Hluhluwe Park (pronounced glugluey with...

Lab mouse | photo credit: Jacob Studio, iStock

Feb 03, 2023 Update – Food & Drug Administration’s Animal Testing Mandate

Posted at 10:25h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Laboratory Animals, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The bipartisan FDA Modernization Act of 2021 (S.5002) was introduced in the US Senate by Senator Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky). Towards the end of 2022, the Act was modified and attached to the Omnibus Spending Bill. It was then signed into...

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