A few weeks ago I was asked to write an endorsement for Dr. Tatjana Visak's forthcoming book called Killing Happy Animals for the Animal Ethics Series of Palgrave MacMillan. It will be published in ...

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 ...

How do we know when animals who don’t have tails are happy? — Goldie Rose, aged 5. Great question Goldie! Animals use their tails for steering, holding, balancing and swimming, but they also use them ...

If we could ask our animal companions whether we spend enough time with them, what would their answer be? If we’re being honest, many of us probably aren’t meeting their needs. The United Nations ...

Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York's top court ruled Tuesday. The 5-2 decision ...

A few years ago, Sleepy Pig Farm Animal Sanctuary founder Tiffany Paltauf got a call about a baby pig who’d been rescued from a basement. While Paltauf didn’t get many details about the pig’s ...

Have you ever found yourself looking for something to cheer you up when you're feeling blue? Well, if you do, just know that since animals are proven to be good for mental health, you can always opt ...