Introduction to Promoting Well-Being: Human-Animal Interaction to Improve Mental and Physical Health and the Quality of Life by Alan E. Kazdin, PhD by Andrew Rowan, DPhilAs the world negotiates its interactions with and responses to an emergent coronavirus, it seems like an appropriate time for WBI...
“The bad news is that everyone is a potential victim / But the good news is that everyone is a potential solution.”So begins a recent song from Ugandan reggae singer-turned-lawmaker Bobi Wine, who has spent years singing about urban poverty and injustice. The new song,...
We hope that all our readers and supporters are staying safe in these trying times! I am reminded of the oneness of the world with people, animals and the environment and hope this performance of The Weight captured on YouTube could help spread hope via a song.This...
[caption id="attachment_7103" align="alignleft" width="500"] Elephant calf drinking in Zakouma, NP, Chad as part of the largest elephant herd in Africa. Photo by Thomas Clode[/caption]The Chadian government established the Zakouma National Park, a 3,000 Km2 area in the south-east of the country, in 1963. At the...
Most of us will have had an occasion to rescue an injured or ill wild animal, whether it be a mouse that the cat has caught, a bird that has flown into a window or something more exotic. I suspect that we then scramble to...
I remember seeing a quote some years ago that distilled the problems we face as a human society down to one fundamental reason - viewing other people and other species as less than ourselves. I’ve continued to think about this as the harm we cause our...
"Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better." Albert Einstein I wandered lonely as a cloud that floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils. William Wordsworth "I dream of our vast deserts, of our forests, of...
Thirty years ago, the Kruger National Park in South Africa was managing its elephant population at a population of around 7,500 elephants via an annual culling program. This stopped in the mid-1990s and Kruger then began to translocate elephants to private conservancies and other provincial...
South Africa, like many countries around the world, is struggling to balance the needs of the environment as well as the development and infrastructure needs of the people. The Western Cape (in the southern portion of the country) is the home of a unique Cape...
Outdoor cats can be a challenge for people and wildlife, especially on islands and in areas with sensitive wildlife, such as the Florida Keys. Solutions are often elusive due to varied community interests, lack of resources and conflicts between wildlife biologists and animal activists. But the...
