Well-being Archive

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Dec 04, 2024 Animals in Conflict – Part II: Animal Protection Organizations; Conflict and Disaster Response Work

Posted at 09:43h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, Public Awareness/Attitudes, WellBeing News - By Janice H. Cox, MBA and Jackson Zee

Video credit: ExpresslPhoto, ShutterstockThis article is the second installment of a three-part newsletter series examining the impact of human conflicts on animals. The newsletter series is adapted from the original blog by Cox and Zee, which was published by the Conflict and Environment Observatory and...

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Nov 13, 2024 Animals in Conflict – Part 1: Conscripts and Victims

Posted at 13:19h In Animal Sentience, Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Farm Animals, WellBeing News, Wild Animals, Working/Equid Animals - By Janice H. Cox, MBA and Jackson Zee

This article is the first installment of a three-part newsletter series examining the impact of human conflicts on animals. The newsletter series is adapted from the original blog by Cox and Zee, which was published by the Conflict and Environment Observatory and republished with their...

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Nov 13, 2024 Tackling Climate Change Through Global Food Systems at COP29 in Baku

Posted at 13:07h In Articles, Environment Well-being, Farm Animals, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The climate change conference COP29 is currently taking place in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. This year's conference includes a pavilion dedicated to global food systems, aimed at creating a platform for "collaborative dialogue, knowledge sharing, and decision-making" regarding the important role of agriculture and...

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Oct 10, 2024 Changing Attitudes and Conflicts Over Wolf Management

Posted at 16:00h In Animal Well-being, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

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,...

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Oct 10, 2024 Ending Cage Farming in the EU: The Fight for Animal Welfare

Posted at 15:59h In Animal Sentience, Animal Well-being, Articles, Ethics, Regulation, Law, Farm Animals, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

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...

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Oct 10, 2024 The Ongoing Challenge of Accurately Measuring Pet Ownership

Posted at 15:52h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Human Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In a 1973 article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Carl Djerassi, often referred to as the "father" of the birth control pill, and his colleagues argued that an effective method of animal birth control (the article was titled "Planned Parenthood for Pets") was necessary...

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Sep 30, 2024 Celebrating the Adventures of Owney and Boji: How Two Famous Dogs Captured Hearts Across Generations

Posted at 13:34h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Companion Animals, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing - By Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International and Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Image: Owney with Mail Clerk Friends | Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum, Smithsonian InstitutionDogs have magical qualities and abilities. They inspire love, affection, and a deep sense of connection. Their endearing antics, unique quirks, ability to "read" human emotions, and boundless loyalty never...

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Sep 30, 2024 Blue Cross of India: Pioneering Animal Welfare and Rabies Control for 60 Years

Posted at 12:16h In Animal Well-being, Articles, BCI (Blue Cross of India), Companion Animals, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

In 1959, Captain V. Sundaram, his wife Usha and their son, S. Chinny Krishna (then almost 15 years old), were three of the four founding members of the Animal Aid Association in Madras (now Chennai) in southern India. 1964, the organization was formally registered as...

Sep 30, 2024 Gregory Berns’ Journey: Uncovering the Emotional Lives of Cows and Other Animals

Posted at 12:06h In Animal Well-being, Book Review, Companion Animals, Tales of WellBeing - By Leslie Barcus and Steven Hansch

Book review of Cowpuppy by Gregory Berns, published by Harper Collins, 2024 As in the immortal film classic about the rescue of Elsa the baby lion, where the opening scenes cover the struggle to persuade the motherless cub Elsa to drink milk to survive, Gregory Berns also...

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Sep 19, 2024 Turkey’s New Law on Homeless Dogs: Controversial Measures and Capacity Challenges

Posted at 16:51h In Animal Well-being, Companion Animals, Ethics, Regulation, Law, Global Dog Campaign, Letter from the President, Public Awareness/Attitudes - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil and Kathleen Rowan CEO, WellBeing International

ChallengeOn July 30, 2024, the Turkish parliament voted 275 to 224 to pass a law directing municipalities to remove homeless dogs from the streets and place them in shelters for adoption. The government estimates there are around 4 million homeless dogs in Turkey. At the...