The improvements in animal care that have led to the aging population problem are laudable, but must now be accompanied by ...
A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit, like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...
This post is in response to 'Are Wild Animals Always Happier Than Captive Animals?' By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Can captive animals be happy? In a recent Psychology Today post, Marc Bekoff cites Janis Joplin ...
Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) endorses yesterday’s reintroduction of the Captive Primate Safety Act (CPSA), which would end the cruel and dangerous pet primate trade in the United ...
Have you ever been to a zoo and thought that the animals looked sad? Or perhaps you’ve visited a wildlife park and felt that ...
Images of elk and deer with freakishly huge antlers touted as a “new world record” frequently pop up on social media. But the ...
An elephant in the street is now a common sight for Chinese residents of the animals' home territory on the Myanmar-Laos border, where a recovering elephant ...
"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose." –Janis Joplin For many years I've been thinking about whether wild nonhuman animals (animals) are always happier than captive animals of their ...