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Jun 15, 2021 How to Save our Planet: An 8-minute thought-provoking video from the World Wildlife Fund

Posted at 18:18h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Environment Well-being, Human Well-being, Oceans, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

This video is worth watching simply to feast on the photographs and video images from around the world. The images are stunning, but they are freighted with warnings and eventually with an outline of specific goals that the video argues could help humans change the...

Collage of photos of Brianna and Lulu | Photo credits: AHPPA

Jun 15, 2021 Brianna and Lulu: A Girl and her Dog

Posted at 17:15h In AHPPA (Asociación Humanitaria para la Protección Animal), Articles, Companion Animals, Tales of WellBeing, Well-being - By Kathleen Rowan

The lead photographs for this story show Brianna, 7 years old, with the family’s new dog, Lulu, adopted from the local shelter, Asociacion Humanitaria Para la Proteccion Animal de Costa Rica (AHPPA). According to Brianna’s mother, “Brianna is the faithful lover and defender of animals...

Glacier Lagoon in Greenland | Photo credit: Stereo Lights

May 28, 2021 The Human Footprint from the Last Ice Age to the Present

Posted at 10:25h In Articles, Environment Well-being, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Around 20-25,000 years ago, the earth was in the grip of an Ice Age. The sea level was around 400 foot lower than it is today, global rainfall was lower and approximately a quarter of the earth’s surface was covered in ice. The earth then...

May 28, 2021 Cosmetic Testing on Animals: EU Takes a Step Back

Posted at 10:23h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, Laboratory Animals, Letter from the President, Well-being, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The European Union (EU) was the first major economic and political union to address cosmetics testing on animals. This legislative initiative took decades to come into effect. The path started in 1993 when the first EU Directive addressing the issue was passed. However, the Directive...

Lions in Krugersdorp, South Africa | Photo credit: Goddard Photography

May 28, 2021 South Africa Changing Direction on the “Sustainable” Use of Wildlife?

Posted at 10:22h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, WellBeing News, Wild Animals, Wildlife on Land - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

On May 2 this year, the South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Barbara Creecy, released a High Level Panel (HLP) report on the sustainable use of wildlife involving the management, breeding, hunting, trade and handling of elephant, lion, leopard and rhino. In...

One of the bear keepers at the Bannerghatta Bear Rescue Centre with some of his charges. | Photo credit: IAR/Roger Allen

May 18, 2021 These Bears No Longer “Dance”

Posted at 12:37h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, Tales of WellBeing, Wild Animals, Wildlife on Land - By Lis Key

“Dancing” bears were a common and popular form of street entertainment in Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages. Although there were still dancing bears in Western Europe in the 20th century (the 1911 UK animal protection law forbid the practice) but the dancing bear...

May 18, 2021 My Octopus Teacher wins at BAFTA and Oscars

Posted at 10:28h In Animals, Articles, Oceans, Tales of WellBeing, Well-being, Wild Animals, Wildlife in Water - By Andrew Rowan

Last year, WBI ran a story about the South African documentary, My Octopus Teacher and recommended it to our readers. Many then watched the documentary (on Netflix) and sang its praises to their friends and contacts. This year, My Octopus Teacher, was nominated for numerous...

Stray dogs of Pacifica Township in Chennai, India

May 18, 2021 The Stray Dogs of Pacifica Township, Chennai, India

Posted at 10:16h In Animal Well-being, Animals, Articles, BCI (Blue Cross of India), Companion Animals, Tales of WellBeing - By Andrew Rowan

Most of the dogs in India are homeless stray dogs who survive mainly on handouts from people. While the keeping of pet dogs is increasing (almost doubled in the past decade), only around 10% of households have pet dogs (compared to 35% in the US...

May 10, 2021 The Dasgupta Review and the Economics of Biodiversity

Posted at 10:40h In Articles, Environment Well-being, Public Awareness/Attitudes, Sustainability/Biodiversity, WellBeing News - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

Every now and again, a publication or report comes along that changes how we think about life. In the animal space, Ruth Harrison’s Animal Machines (1964) was such a publication. In the environmental space, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962) and the Club of Rome’s Limits...

May 10, 2021 The Wolf Pendulum in the United States

Posted at 10:30h In Animal Well-being, Articles, Ethics, Regulation, Law, WellBeing News, Wild Animals - By Andrew Rowan, DPhil

The Idaho legislature has just sent a bill to Governor Brad Little’s desk that would authorize the killing of up to 90% of Idaho’s estimated 1,500 wolves. This bill represents a swing of the wolf pendulum back to the early part of the 20th century...

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