Animals & Society Institute News
The Nexus between Climate Change, Species Migrations, and Pandemic Emergence
This month’s “Animals and COVID-19” section of the Human-Animal Studies Report focuses on the nexus between climate change-induced habitat loss, subsequent human and animal migrations, and zoonotic disease emergence. The Report also covers Human-Animal Studies funding and job opportunities; new books, book chapters...
The Effects of COVID-19 on Humans and Companion Animals
This month’s “Animals and COVID-19” section of the Human-Animal Studies Report focuses on the effects of COVID-19 on humans and companion animals who have contracted the virus, calls for research into animals who have become ill, and an exciting research survey/platform in which all stakeholders may participant aimed...
How Humans and Companion Animals Are Helping Each Other During COVID-19
The August Human-Animal Studies Report is now available, with this month’s “Animals and COVID-19” section focusing on how humans and companion animals are helping each other. The Report also covers Human-Animal Studies funding and job opportunities; new books, book chapters and journal articles; and call for...
The Pandemic, Wildlife and the ‘Anthropause’
The July Human-Animal Studies Report continues to present and analyze aspects of how the virus is affecting animals and people with our Animals and COVID-19 section. This month’s coverage, The Pandemic, Wildlife and the "Anthropause," focuses on the effects on wild animals of the decreased human activity and mobility...
ASI’s 2019-2020 International Development Fund recipient is on its way!
The Animals & Society Institute is pleased to share this news from our 2019-2020 Human-Animal Studies International Development Project (HASIDP) grant recipient. The purpose of this competitive program is to provide one non-American university per year the resources to build its own human-animal studies program,...
Animals and COVID-19: The Intersection between Race, Humans and Other Animals
How do human entanglements with other animals within industrialized animal agriculture and the #BlackLivesMatter movement tie into the current COVID-19 pandemic? The June 2020 “Animals and COVID-19” section of the Human-Animal Studies Report investigates the intersection between race, humans and other animals. The...
ASI’s Statement of Solidarity
These are historical times that have revealed the pain, turmoil, anguish, and divisiveness society still confronts when it comes to racism--a deep and abiding stain on society's past that continues today. ASI envisions a compassionate world where animals flourish and that world embraces respect, dignity, and social...
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Toll on Humans and Animals
Click the link below to access the May 2020 issue of the Animals & Society Institute's Human-Animal Studies Report. We're pleased to present a new section on Animals and COVID-19, which analyzes aspects of how the virus is affecting animals and people. This month's topic is: The pandemic’s toll on humans and...
Share the word—Our new Human-Animal Studies Facebook group is up and growing
With a little more than a week since its launch, our new Human-Animal Studies public Facebook group is already approaching 500 members. The group is designed as a network for sharing information and promoting research, accomplishments, jobs, events and activities related to the multifaceted relationships between...
Human-Animal Relationships at the Beginning of the COVID Pandemic
This month's newsletter highlights the human-animal relationship and COVID-19. Check out content on COVID-19 and cultural sensitivity. The newsletter also discusses the consequences and responses to COVID-19 and how it affects human-animal bond. To read the newsletter click the link https://conta.cc/2YkUwWh