Tales of WellBeing Archive

Dec 21, 2022 The Long Journey Home for the Holidays

Posted at 15:54h In Articles, Conflicts & Disasters, Rescue, Relief & Rebuild, Tales of WellBeing, Tigers in America - By Kathleen Rowan and Andrew Rowan

Many African cultures believe it takes a community to raise a child. It also takes a community of people, organizations, and supporters to rescue eleven lions from Ukraine and bring them to their forever homes for the holidays. The end-of-year holidays are traditionally a time...

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Dec 21, 2022 The Tale of the Botswana Zebras

Posted at 10:14h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Tales of WellBeing, Zoos & Sanctuaries - By Kathleen Rowan

At the beginning of November, WellBeing International was in Gaborone, Botswana, to attend the Sixth African Animal Welfare Conference and, specifically, to participate in a special session on UNEP’s progress in addressing the UNEA Resolution on the Nexus between animal welfare, the environment, and sustainable...

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Nov 23, 2022 Meet Street Dog Coalition: Acting to Meet the Needs of Pets in the US and now in Ukraine

Posted at 09:21h In Articles, Conflicts & Disasters, Rescue, Relief & Rebuild, Street Dog Coalition, Tales of WellBeing - By Laura Gosse

Back in 2015, Colorado veterinarian Jon Geller recognized that the pets of people experiencing homelessness lacked access to primary veterinary care. He set up the first Street Dog Coalition clinic near a homeless day shelter and provided free veterinary care to 25 dogs and five...

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Nov 23, 2022 Thanksgiving, Family & Pets: A time to reflect on family ties

Posted at 09:07h In Animals in Our World, Book Review, Companion Animals - Dogs, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

Thanksgiving is perhaps the most important family holiday in the United States. As we head into the coming week and the gathering of family members, it seems appropriate to reflect on our families and who is included at this critical time. In the Rowan household,...

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Oct 19, 2022 The Donkey: An Unsung Hero of Human Civilization

Posted at 20:33h In Animals in Our World, Articles, Tales of WellBeing, Working Animals - Health - By Andrew Rowan

Noted anthropologist and commentator on human-animal interactions and a great admirer of donkeys and their grit, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas wrote the Foreword for a 2010 book by Andy Merrifield, "The Wisdom of Donkeys." Thomas has great admiration for donkeys and their fortitude. In her Foreword...

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Oct 19, 2022 Meet Save the Dogs and Other Animals

Posted at 16:41h In Articles, Conflicts & Disasters, Save The Dogs & Other Animals, Shelters, Tales of WellBeing - By Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

Save the Dogs and Other Animals is a registered nonprofit in Romania, Italy, and the U.S.  While its administrative headquarters is in Milan, its programs are implemented in Romania and Italy. Save the Dogs is a partner in the Ukraine Rescue, Relief & Rebuild (U3R)...

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Sep 13, 2022 Recovering Species from the Threat of Extinction

Posted at 15:11h In Articles, Biodiversity, Global Awareness, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

As the world's nations prepare to meet to discuss the Convention on Biodiversity in Montreal this December, the world is facing its sixth mass extinction event. Unlike the previous five events, which were triggered by significant earth climate disruptions, the sixth mass extinction is mainly...

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Sep 13, 2022 The Kindness Contagion

Posted at 15:03h In Feel Better, PAE Well-being, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

Research indicates that we are less caring today than we were thirty years ago, leading former President Obama to argue in 2006 that Americans are suffering from an "empathy deficit." An empathy expert, Dr. Jamil Zaki, an Associate Professor of Psychology at Stanford and the...

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Sep 13, 2022 “The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities”

Posted at 14:56h In Animals in Our World, Book Review, Human-Animal Interaction, Tales of WellBeing - By John Hadidian, PhD

The lockdowns of the recent pandemic are said to have led to an "Anthropause" – a dramatic release of human pressure on the nonhuman world. From media coverage capturing feral hogs roaming city streets in Europe to daytime sightings of bears and bobcats in American...

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Jul 27, 2022 Considering Cats

Posted at 14:29h In Articles, Companion Animals - Cats, Global Awareness, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

International Cat Day is celebrated every year on August 8. The day was created in 2002 by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, but the current custodian is the UK-based International Cat Care. WellBeing International (WBI) has published several newsletter articles about cat management. WBI will...

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