by Vonne Apsey | Mar 11, 2025 | News
Friends we all know how gloomy it can be out there. Wealthy people alter our night sky, transgender people are having their hard-won rights removed, 46 300 species are on the brink of extinction while rampant human overpopulation leaves overfarmed land barren, and...
by Vonne Apsey | Jan 28, 2025 | News
Many of us with close animal companions have actively witnessed the layers of emotion they show us, but for decades, science largely ignored or outright denied the emotional lives of animals. Thankfully a recent study published in Royal Society Open Science reveals a...
by Vonne Apsey | Jan 6, 2025 | News
Imagine a world where your entire environment never changes—the same walls, the same view, the same routine, day after day. For many animals living in captive environments, this is their reality. But what does this total monotony do to their inner emotional landscape?...
by Vonne Apsey | Dec 4, 2024 | News
When we travel most of us want to send our friends picture updates of us with playful monkeys sitting on our shoulders or a tiger cub falling asleep in our laps. Travellers taking a “once-in-a-lifetime” selfie to commemorate unique experiences often flood our social...
by Vonne Apsey | Nov 27, 2024 | News
Spending time with wild and exotic animals is certainly appealing to locals and tourists, but it’s becoming increasingly important to identify which facilities are ethical since so many these days are not. The same applies to people donating money or...
by Vonne Apsey | Nov 26, 2024 | News
Early in the 20th century, word of an extraordinary horse named ‘Clever Hans’ travelled around Europe, causing a wave of wonder and intrigue. Under the guidance of Wilhelm von Osten, this horse prodigy seemed to have an extraordinary aptitude for doing intricate...
