The improvements in animal care that have led to the aging population problem are laudable, but must now be accompanied by ...

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 ...

A tiger walks the same worn groove along the edge of its exhibit like a broken record. A parrot methodically plucks out its ...

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 ...

"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 ...

Why did the Alaska Sealife Center send a walrus calf to Seaworld Orlando, a location known to hold whales and dolphins captive for entertainment purposes? Are we really “saving” an animal if we just ...

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 ...