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 decline in elephant rides and the development of sea sanctuaries for previously captive cetaceans show that caring for ...

Whether we're talking about animals or humans, gut microbes are essential for health, metabolism and protecting against infection. While captivity is known to alter the gut microbiota of wildlife, the ...

Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?

Pat Craig established the Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado when he was just 19 years old in 1980. Since then, it has grown ...

Zoos have been around for so long, it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly when the first one opened its doors. But we do know it was likely in ancient times. In Egypt, tourists can visit the archeological ...

Many of us felt profound sadness when Harambe, a 17-year-old lowland gorilla, was executed at the Cincinnati Zoo after a child climbed into his enclosure. Many questioned the parents for not ...

The planned transfer of France’s last captive cetaceans to marine park facilities in Spain has reopened one of the most difficult debates in animal welfare: what should happen to marine mammals that ...

Hudson, a 10-year-old arctic fox at Massachusetts’s Stone Zoo, was not doing all that much when his caretakers came by his enclosure one sunny morning last month. But the moment he detected their ...

In recent decades, scientists and public health experts have increasingly examined how human interactions with wildlife and ecosystems can contribute to the emergence of infectious diseases. Two human ...