A dog waits by the door for a human caretaker to return. An elephant remains close to a calf struggling to escape the thick mud at the edge of a waterhole. An octopus investigates an unfamiliar object. A fish moves away from perceived danger. What might...
On World Animal Day, we celebrate the power of compassion to change lives. This is the story of one dog, one shelter, and a partnership that crossed borders to create hope. If dogs could smile, Umka would have been smiling. When Kristína Devinská of Sloboda Zvierat and...
In this policy brief[i], a multidisciplinary team of scholars explores how municipalities can respond to human-wildlife conflict while recognizing wild animal welfare as a central consideration in local policy development and governance. The idea that wild animals living in cities could be differentiated from their...
Every October 4, people around the world come together to celebrate World Animal Day, recognizing the many ways animals enrich our lives and sustain the world we share. Whether providing companionship, supporting healthy ecosystems, or inspiring wonder and discovery, animals play a vital role in...
Introduction Rabies is a frightening viral disease that, once contracted by a human patient, is always fatal. The first phase of the infection, incubation, can last from weeks to months, during which the virus replicates without causing symptoms. The first symptoms include fever and malaise, and...
For most of the last four centuries, the beaver's relationship with North America was transactional. Europeans wanted its fur to make hats. Farmers wanted the dams gone from their fields. Homeowners wanted its flooding to stop. In each case, the animal was assessed by what...
Marius Gilbert, a geospatial analyst at the University of Brussels, and ten colleagues from around the world have published a paper that tracks how the raising of farmed animals shifts from extensive husbandry to intensive systems as a country's per capita GDP rises. A summary...
Introduction Recent articles defending or examining animal research are common in North America and Europe, but much less common from scientists in the Global South. Mario Treviño and Oscar Arias-Carrión from Mexico are exceptions to that rule and have produced an excellent analysis of the current...
It is now widely accepted that sharing one's home with a companion animal, especially a dog, confers both organic and mental health benefits on the humans in the pet-owning household. This recognition of the health benefits of companion animals has been shaped by marketing campaigns...
India's tiger recovery is one of the most closely watched conservation stories in the world. The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation reported 2,967 tigers in 2018 -- roughly three-quarters of the world's wild tiger population -- and marked a major milestone: India had...
