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 ...

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 ...

"Thing: Inside the Struggle for Animal Personhood follows the battle to move Happy, a 50-year-old Asian elephant, from the Bronx Zoo to sanctuary… I hope that this groundbreaking graphic novel will ...

Animals that look happy, smiling, or content are instantly likable. Scientists debate whether those expressions mean anything, but most people don’t stop to question them. These are some reminders ...

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 ...