The Companion Animal Foundation’s “For the Love of Animals” summer program brings children onto its 18.5‑acre forest property in McKinleyville, where humane education is taught through hands-on care, ...

When faced with the suffering of others, many people instinctively tend to turn away. “Attention has become a moral currency,” writes Bernard A. Saltzman in his new book Turning Away: The Poetics of ...

Marc Bekoff, an American Jewish biologist and professor emeritus at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has studied coyotes, dogs, penguins, fish, grosbeaks, and jays to understand their thoughts and ...

How Indian Festivals Teach Compassion for Animals reveals how India’s spiritual heritage turns kindness into a way of life. Across generations, people have learned to care for animals not through ...

Editor: This year’s Oscar for best documentary went to Netflix’s trailblazing documentary “My Octopus Teacher.” The documentary chronicles a complex relationship between a man and the world’s most ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The stress of working in animal welfare can be overwhelming at times. Compassion fatigue describes the physical, emotional, and psychological impact of helping others, ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (Gray News) – An animal control officer in Oklahoma is being praised for stepping in to help a baby deer that was left orphaned after its mother was hit by a car. City of Muskogee ...

Founded in 1999, The Gentle Barn is an animal sanctuary teaching people kindness and compassion toward animals. With ongoing blistering temperatures, the Gentle Barn recently welcomed Sun and Tulip, a ...

Rashi Bisaria is a journalist and Senior Executive Editor at Upstox. A lifelong animal lover, she writes to spread awareness about animal welfare and responsible care. This blog is her private ...