Category: Animal Welfare

Despite continuous efforts and advancements in recent years, animal conservation translocation remains to have a variable degree of success, in terms of projects that have run without complications and death of the animals. By comparing articles and reports of translocations alongside the five domains model of animal welfare, it can easily be demonstrated that wild…

Despite being used interchangeably, the terms animal welfare and animal rights are different. One can state that the term animal rights refers to the privileges that animals should enjoy (Welfare vs. Rights). Scholars that support this school of thought argue that animals should have the same privileges as human beings (Welfare vs. Rights). On the…

Do you like zoos? The ones with the cute baby lions and stuff? Well I don’t, I find them disgusting. They’re unnatural, and cruel and can cause the animals a great deal of stress. In my attempt to convince you that this is the truth, I shall bring forth my arguments on this topic. I…

The Growing Crisis of Animal Extinction and Human Impact Have you ever considered how many extinct animals would be alive if only humanity had done multiple projects differently without harming the environment and its creatures? What would be the impact on the animals? The importance of animal extinction is to inform our community due to…

Despite the news of their population decline and the endangerment of their habitats, there are still relentless conservation efforts being made around the world to protect and nurture animal lives. Experts and volunteers behind such efforts have a certain level of knowledge and compassion toward these animals in need. In a recent study, it has…

People have kept animals captive for thousands of years dating back to ancient Egypt as far back as 2500BC. In the 18th century menageries (a private collection of animals) grew in popularity as it was a sign of wealth and helped them to gain popularity with their peers, but the welfare standards were poor as…

At one time everyone has liked or maybe loved tigers. They are amazing creatures, they’ve been threw so much as a species they should be adored. We’ve all seen a tiger sometime in our lives so we aren’t blind to their existence. At this moment tigers are the most endangered animals in the world and…

Animal Enrichment, is actions in which allows different species to show their natural behaviour. There are many different types of enrichment for animals, some of these include sensory enrichments for example smell and taste. Also includes food enrichments, which creates a way to challenge the animal for them to receive their food. Another is toy…

What will come up in your mind when you think of animals in the zoo? Is it an enormous but tame elephant or is it a lazy and cute little Koala? With no doubt, that’s exactly what we see in the zoo. Speaking of which, the origin of the zoo can be chased back to…

“Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of the shark fins and the discard at sea of the carcass. The shark is most often still alive when it is tossed back into the water. Unable to swim, the shark slowly sinks toward the bottom where it is eaten alive by other fish.” or starve…