Vol. 2 Issue 8, September 2020

Letter from the President: WellBeing International Studies Repository Providing Access to Useful Data and Important Studies

In his monthly letter, WBI President Andrew Rowan announces the establishment of a new digital repository: the WellBeing International Studies Repository. WBI views this new resource as an essential component of its long-term strategy to promote global awareness and understanding of the interconnections between people, animals and the environment (PAE triad), and to emphasize that addressing one component of the triad without considering the others will most likely not lead to satisfactory long-term solutions.

Unintended Consequences of COVID-19 Include Increases in Child and Animal Abuse and Domestic Violence
One of the ripple effects of the pandemic has been an increase in cases of family violence. What are the options for a survivor to be able to escape in a world where home is not a safe place to be during stay-at-home orders? READ MORE

Farm Animal Well-being: A Brief Update
During the latter half of the last century, animal welfare moved from being a marginal issue across the globe to one that began to claim the attention of policy makers. Progress was made but it was slow until the first decade of the 21st century. READ MORE

Forthcoming Meetings & Events

• May 23-26, 2021
  9th Intl Conference on Wildlife Fertility Control Colorado Springs, Colorado USA
• August 22-26, 2021 [Rescheduled]
  11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Science Maastricht, The Netherlands
• September 15-16, 2021
  3rd One Welfare World Conference Burgos, Spain