Appropriate maintenance of captive chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) must include the challenge of providing them with a living environment that is functional, stimulating, and safe. At the Primate Foundation of Arizona (PFA), the safety and physical and mental well-being of the animals is our top priority.
Date created: May 11, 2016
Last updated: November 11, 2020
One of the most misguided, counterproductive, and inhumane forms of wildlife management in the United States is the annual mass killing of beavers (Castor canadensis).
Date created: August 19, 2021
Last updated: August 30, 2021
The purpose of environmental enrichment is to provide a complex social and physical environment sufficient to allow individuals to express species-typical behavior patterns [Benn, 1995]. An enriched environment has been correlated with an increase in social and sexual behaviors for nonhuman primates, in general [Bayne, 1989], and more specifically, for monkeys [Line and Morgan, 1991 Macaca mulatta].
Date created: April 28, 2016
Last updated: November 11, 2020
Author presents case histories of Primarily Primate's treatment of individual primates with problems common to humanized and abused primates. Among the methods effectively used were gradual introduction to other primates, (sometimes with the use of portable cages), surrogate mothers, territorial manipulations, and use of the knowledge of different species' social structures. Particular methods of rehabilitation must be decided on a case-by-case basis.
Date created: May 11, 2016
Last updated: June 19, 2020
What are the consequences of gray wolves being returned to Yellowstone National Park? How do salmon fertilize trees? Why aren’t we neck-deep in dead animals? Do trees migrate? How do earthworms affect wild boar populations?
Date created: July 1, 2019
Last updated: April 17, 2024
According to author T. DeLene Beeland, many devoted wildlife lovers are completely unaware that there is a separate species of wolf in North America called the red wolf (Canis rufus); even fewer know that the red wolf likely evolved solely in North America, unlike its more famous cousin, the gray wolf (Canis lupus).
Date created: December 10, 2013
Last updated: April 24, 2024
Dr. Ashley Ward is an engaging writer, with a Briton’s native wit. The best part of his book, The Social Lives of Animals, is his genuine fascination with the animal behavior he observes, but his humor comes a close second. He demonstrates the intensity of his interest in easy-flowing and heartfelt prose, describing the genesis of his chosen career with charming honesty in his introduction and reinforcing the empathy he feels in each detailed chapter. He offers amusing anecdotes of his personal encounters with a wide variety of animals doing their social thing, to accompany his more science-based explanations for some of the remarkably complex behaviors animals perform.
Date created: September 1, 2022
Last updated: September 8, 2022
Thomas Armbruster / SandyHook SeaLife Foundation / 310 pages
Date created: September 1, 2022
Last updated: April 17, 2024
This paper will attempt to show the marked improvement in behaviour of a small group of female cynomolgus monkeys, after a period of routine training and human interaction.
Date created: April 27, 2016
Last updated: August 21, 2020
Each year, using taxpayer dollars and very cruel methods, the USDA’s Wildlife Services program kills anywhere from 1.5 million to more than 5 million animals. What is especially frightening about the program is its lack of transparency; many members of the public have no idea that Wildlife Services even exists—or that it kills so many wild animals in an effort largely to protect private interests.
Date created: September 18, 2015
Last updated: April 24, 2024
With meat recalls due to bacterial contamination and the horrific handling and slaughtering of downer cows making headlines in recent months, consumers are increasingly aware of some of the problems occurring behind slaughterhouse doors.
Date created: October 12, 2011
Last updated: February 3, 2022
The provisioning of foraging opportunities to Primates has been shown to be an effective means of enriching the laboratory environment. In this study artificial turf was used as the substrate for a particulate food given to the subjects as an environmental enrichment technique.
Date created: April 8, 2016
Last updated: November 11, 2020
The well-being of captive nonhuman primates is fostered by living in complex environments and by having a certain degree of control over it. There are many different techniques that can be used to achieve this goal.
Date created: May 13, 2016
Last updated: November 11, 2020
Saola is a species of Asian wild cattle discovered in 1992 and considered one of the world's rarest mammals.
Date created: February 25, 2010
Last updated: January 9, 2020
So far, nine schools in California and Maine have agreed to end animal dissections in response to a challenge issued by AWI, Save the Frogs! and Digital Frog International.
Date created: October 3, 2011
Last updated: January 22, 2020
Hardy Jones, a legend among marine mammal advocates, has finally penned a memoir of his 30-plus years working to help dolphins.
Date created: December 6, 2011
Last updated: April 24, 2024
In the Wizard of Oz there is a scene in which Dorothy is in her house as it swirls in the tornado. She stands before her window and a cast of characters, friends and foes, whiz by outside the window as she begins a bizarre adventure. Siebert’s newest book The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward a New Understanding of Animals reminds me of this scene.
Date created: November 6, 2009
Last updated: January 17, 2020
This thought-provoking documentary by Tom Weston takes viewers to the beautiful island of Bequia, one of several islands making up the country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) in the southeastern Caribbean. There has been humpback whaling on Bequia dating back to 1875, when it was principally a commercial activity linked to the Yankee whalers of New England.
Date created: March 6, 2015
Last updated: April 24, 2024
Performing noninvasive studies of wild animals can be tricky. The task becomes even more challenging when the subject of the study mainly lives in the canopy of the rainforest—nearly 100 feet above ground. The Woolly Monkey Mysteries takes readers on a journey to Manu National Park in the Amazon Basin, where camera traps are installed to learn more about an elusive species: the woolly monkey.
Date created: October 11, 2019
Last updated: April 17, 2024
The World Beneath: The Life and Times of Unknown Sea Creatures and Coral Reefs, by Dr. Richard Smith, is a fascinating description of the aquatic life in coral environments. Smith’s engaging narratives concerning a multitude of species are only surpassed by his amazing photos.
Date created: January 2, 2020
Last updated: April 17, 2024
Yasuni National Park, part of the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, is probably the most biodiverse place on the planet.
Date created: October 3, 2011
Last updated: January 18, 2024
Anticoagulent rodenticides (ARs) are used to control rodent populations in urban and suburban areas. These toxins kill target species by interfering with an animal’s blood-clotting system, causing the animal to bleed to death.
Date created: September 7, 2010
Last updated: January 9, 2020
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) is a wildlife haven located in northern Alaska that encompasses one of the world’s last remaining intact arctic tundra landscapes.
Date created: September 14, 2018
Last updated: September 19, 2018
A formal diplomatic protest, known as a démarche, was today delivered to the Icelandic government in Reykjavik. The top-level protest registered countries’ “strong opposition” to Iceland’s continued whaling, particularly of endangered fin whales.
Date created: September 15, 2014
Last updated: February 2, 2022
Giving Tuesday, celebrated annually on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media.
Date created: November 2, 2017
Last updated: November 28, 2017
