Animal Well-being Archives

Animal Well-being Archive

Sep 30, 2020 WellBeing International Studies Repository – Providing Access to Useful Data and Important Studies

Posted at 13:56h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Education, Environment Well-being, Human Well-being, Letter from the President, One Health, WBI Studies Respository, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

In 2020, there were reportedly over 5 billion unique mobile phone users worldwide (two-thirds of the world’s total population). Of these, 2.9 billion are using smartphones. These numbers translate to the growing availability of an extraordinary global marketplace for ideas and influence. Every smartphone user...

Photos of Shila and Desi and their babies.

Sep 16, 2020 Two Rehabilitated and Released Orangutans Observed with Babies in Indonesia

Posted at 18:00h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

Mostly, the news featuring orangutans is very depressing. In just sixteen years (1999-2015), wild Bornean orangutan populations have declined by over 100,000 according to a recent estimate. CITES reports that the Bornean orangutan population (changed to “critically endangered” in 2016) has declined by 86% since...

Apr 30, 2020 Sustainable Development & Trophy Hunting

Posted at 07:54h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Letter from the President, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Sustainability has become a popular term encompassing the notion that we need to promote and pursue policies that will allow future generations of humans to live and benefit from the wealth provided by the Earth. In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the 2030 Agenda...

Sep 13, 2019 Third Africa Animal Welfare Conference

Posted at 10:56h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Farm Animals, Letter from the President, Resources, WellBeing News, Wild Animals, Working/Equid Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The Third African Animal Welfare Conference took place in Addis Ababa at the beginning of September (the first two were held in Kenya in 2017 and 2018). There were over 200 attendees drawn from all regions of Africa and from eight non-African countries. As in...

Feb 28, 2019 Well-Being for People, Animals and Environment

Posted at 11:12h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Environment Well-being, Human Well-being, Letter from the President, Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

WellBeing International’s vision is focused on promoting the well-being of People, Animals, and the Environment (PAE Triad) and achieving optimal outcomes for all. The challenges involved in developing an appropriate measure of well-being for all three elements in the PAE Triad cannot be overstated and our goal to...