Animals & Society Institute News

ASI Supports “The Animals Manifesto”
The Animals & Society Institute—along with Dr. Jane Goodall and a coalition of almost 200 international NGOs organizations—formally has joined the call for support of the principles outlined in “The Animals’ Manifesto: Preventing COVID-X.” Designed to create...

Dogs and Bats Help Humans Detect and Understand the COVID-19 Virus
Researchers are harnessing the abilities of animals to help with the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in a several ways that attempt to respect the animals’ well being: the use of dogs trained to sniff out COVID infections in humans, and research into wild bats’...

New Open-Access Article Points the Way Forward for Human-Animal Studies
The Animals & Society Institute (ASI) is very pleased to announce a new OPEN ACCESS publication from the ASI-managed journal Society & Animals, “Human-Animal Studies: Remembering the Past, Celebrating the Present, Troubling the Future.” Written by ASI Board...
Call for Animals and Society Institute Board Members
Do you want to help create a more compassionate world? Would you like to see evidence-based research used to strengthen human-animal relationships? If you do, you may be a match for ASI’s open board member positions. Whether you have experience working with a hands-on...
Editorial Position Opening
Society and Animals announces an opening in the journal for the position of Managing Editor of the Political Animals Section. The focus of Political Animals is policy, practice, ethics, and politics as they relate to human-animal relationships. As the section is...

The ASI November Newsletter is Out
Read about H.R. 8433 Preventing Future Pandemics Acts and captive mink farms in this month's newsletter. https://conta.cc/33uvp57

The Pandemic’s Impacts on Animals: The Case of the Mink Farms
Animal protection advocates are spotlighting the spread of COVID-19 within captive mink populations to (again) call for the ending of fur farming. It appears governments and the fashion industry are heeding that call. This month’s “Animals and COVID-19” section of the...