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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 ...

Why does a backyard deer become dangerous only after people have stopped seeing it as wild? An attack by a buck in Ohio draws ...

New research suggests captive dolphins may be exposed to more microplastics than wild counterparts — a startling discovery that underscores just how deeply plastic pollution has infiltrated even ...

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose." –Janis Joplin For many years I've been thinking about whether wild nonhuman animals (animals) are always happier than captive animals of their ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Re: “Top zoo officials unite here to save species,” Oct. 6 Kudos to those in the zoo industry who recognize that breeding animals ...

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An elephant in the street is now a common sight for Chinese residents of the animals' home territory on the Myanmar-Laos border, where a recovering elephant ...