Animals & Society Institute News
Open Access Special Issue of JAAWS Highlights “Human-Animal Relationships and Welfare in the Anthropocene”
ASI is excited to make open access all seven articles in the just-published Special Issue of its managed Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, themed “Human-Animal Relationships and Welfare in the Anthropocene: Pandemics, Climate Change, and other Disasters.” The Special Issue brings animal others into broader...
Society & Animals, 29(5-6) Is Out
A new issue of Society & Animals, 29(5-6), (October 2021) is out, with the following articles: How Are Humans Animals? The Human as a Subject of Behavioral Ecology Textbooks, Daisy Hildyard Exploring First Graders’ Social and Emotional Development through Situated Learning Experiences with Classroom Companion...
Interspecies Pandemic Mental Health—Helping Companion Dogs Return to “Normal”
As this month’s Animals and COVID-19 analysis discusses, companion animals both helped and stressed their guardians during this past year, and the same appears true of the dogs we share lives with. As the pandemic draws to an end, experts agree it’s time to start helping companion dogs adjust to the post-pandemic...
The Wildlife Trade’s Contributions to This—and the Next—Pandemic
Finding the origin of SARS-CoV-2 is crucial for fighting future zoonotic epidemics, creating drugs for treatments, and developing vaccines. It also leads us to explore how human practices related to the wildlife from whom the next pandemic might spill over to humans are affecting those animal beings. This month's...
Concerns over New Pandemics and Climate Change Spur UK NGOs to Take Legal Action to End Factory Farming
The crisis unleashed by the COVID-19 virus both exacerbated and illuminated animal abuses within industrialized animal agriculture. In addition to the inhumane conditions under which animals become meat through factory farming, the connections between factory farming processes, zoonotic disease emergence and spread,...
ASI Welcomes New Board Members
The Animals & Society Institute, an independent human-animal relationship think tank dedicated to improving the lives of animals and people through research and analysis, is excited to announce the election of our new members of the Board of Directors who will help us accomplish our vision of a compassionate...
Grant Proposal Writer Opportunity
ASI is looking for a Grant Proposal Writer. This contracted position is responsible for actively supporting ASI programs and cultivation activities. The successful candidate will have the expertise to craft funding proposals and reports in a clear and compelling manner. Excellent writing, analytical, and research...
ASI’s Spring Matching Gift Campaign Doubles Your Donation
ASI is excited to share that we have a generous donor who has agreed to match all donations during our 2021 Spring Matching Gift Campaign—up to $10,000! As the leading think-tank in the human-animal studies field, your support is critical to ensure that humane policy and practice throughout the communities animals...
The Coronavirus Pandemic Fuels the Growth of ‘Alternative Meat’
Concerns over industrialized agriculture schemes are nothing new. The treatment of animals raised and processed through them, environmental sustainability, and climate change impacts all factor into arguments against the industry, and meat eating itself. Now it appears the coronavirus has accelerated the growth of...
The ‘Zoo’ in Zoonotic: Will COVID-19 Infections and Financial Considerations Trigger Change for Zoos?
The pandemic has challenged zoos is several ways, among them the vulnerability of zoo animals to COVID-19 infections. New scientific modelling suggests even more species of animals kept in zoos are at high risk of COVID-19 infection. In addition, steep revenue losses caused by lock-downs and closures have left zoos...