This post is in response to 'Are Wild Animals Always Happier Than Captive Animals?' By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Can captive animals be happy? In a recent Psychology Today post, Marc Bekoff cites Janis Joplin ...

How do we know when animals who don’t have tails are happy? — Goldie Rose, aged 5. Great question Goldie! Animals use their tails for steering, holding, balancing and swimming, but they also use them ...

Have you ever found yourself looking for something to cheer you up when you're feeling blue? Well, if you do, just know that since animals are proven to be good for mental health, you can always opt ...

A few years ago, Sleepy Pig Farm Animal Sanctuary founder Tiffany Paltauf got a call about a baby pig who’d been rescued from a basement. While Paltauf didn’t get many details about the pig’s ...