Animal Welfare Institute
Washington, DC:
Illinois: Help Protect Children and Companion Animals
The Executive Committee of the Illinois House of Representatives unanimously passed HB 3231, which provides for additional penalties when animal cruelty is committed in front of a child. This will help law enforcement better protect both children and companion animals.
How to Handle Companion Animal Requests
Check out the tips and guide to landlords for Handling Companion Animal Requests from American Apartment Owners Association.
Landlord’s Guide to Service and Companion Animals
If there is a strict no-pet policy in a lease or declaration of restrictions, under what circumstances are animals allowed in the unit?
How this sticker could help protect your pet
"Anybody who has a pet should probably have this in their home."
Tips to Help Protect Your Dog During Baby Snake Season
Do you know what to do if your dog encounters a snake? We speak to a wildlife rehabilitator to find out how to prevent a dog from being bitten by a snake.
Why Alpaca? To Help Protect Sheep from Dog Attack!
Dogs straying into sheep fields can do untold harm and stress to sheep. We have had a series of incidents over the years of dogs killing sheep in the area which I farm. Only last year within a 2 mile radius of our farm 3 different flocks had sheep killed by "sweet harmless" pet dogs. Only one farmer was at hand when the dogs were killing his sheep. He was able to shoot and kill the dogs in the act of killing. Any…
Teaching Body Autonomy: How You Can Help Protect Your Child From Abuse
“Body autonomy” – you may have heard these words, but what do they mean? Body autonomy is the fundamental human right to be in control of your own body.
Companion animal cancer and nutrition: is there a link?
Cancer can be considered a multi-organ, multi-factor, long-latency degenerative and chronic disease that results, in part, from a complex interplay of genetics, diet, lifestyle, inactivity, stress and environmental toxicants. Because carcinogenesis may span up to 10 years or more for certain canine and feline cancers, veterinary researchers have emerging opportunities to seek out dietary chemoprevention strategies to suppress the disease in its early, premalignant stages before…
Companion animals offer scientifically proven health benefits
Best friends keep getting better. More dogs and other animals are going to work as animal-assisted and pet therapists. Even a therapeutic, interactive robot created by the Japanese is helping reduce stress for healthcare patients. Paro, who looks...
Companion animals often referred to as “soul mates,” study finds
Do your female clients ever refer to the animals in their lives as "soul mates" or "made for each other?" Guess what? That's normal. A new study, Whatisitaboutanimals, by researchers at Flinders University in Australia, sought to understand the experience people have with the animals in their lives—pets and others they form an attachment with—and how they value those relationships. Approximately 6,000 people from all over…
Companion animals: can they alleviate loneliness among older adults?
Companion animals and animal-assisted therapies can improve the physical and mental health of older adults, and animal-assisted therapies appear promising to alleviate loneliness among older adults.
How to help protect stray animals this winter
It’s COLD today, and if you’re cold, your pet is most likely cold.
8 Surprising Animal Superstitions
From myths about black cats to the healing powers of animals, Dr. Marty Becker shares some off-beat beliefs about cats and dogs.
What Happens to Smuggled Animals After They’re Seized?
The world’s wildlife trade policy body wants better treatment and tracking of illegally traded animals confiscated by authorities.
Why Do Animals—Including Your Dog—Eat Poop?
Most snack on feces because it contains some undigested food—and thus vital nutrients—that would otherwise go to waste, experts say.
Horrific photo shows what littering can do to animals
Horrific photos offer a reminder of the deadly effect humanmade trash can have on animals in the wild.
The Surprisingly Humanlike Ways Animals Feel Pain
A hurt rabbit pins back its ears and narrows its eyes—part of a "grimace scale" that tells us how animals feel discomfort.
7 tips to protect kids from dog bites
Millions of children suffer dog bites each year, but many cases are preventable
Service and Emotional Support Animals: What Does the Law Require?
The following guest post is contributed by Avvo, an online legal services marketplace that offers on-demand, affordable legal advice, especially when it comes to landlord/tenant laws. As the old adage says, dog is man’s...
Why Can’t We Stop Child Abuse?
Government agencies have been trying to protect children for nearly two hundred years. Why have they failed?
