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Symposium explores psychological impacts of euthanasia, depopulation

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Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

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Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying

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Armed with new undercover video of four such events, the Humane Society of the United States is pressuring state officials to explicitly outlaw the practice, which the organization says is effectively banned in every other state. Animal rights advocates say it's cruel to the nearly defenseless bears and harms them psychologically.

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Birding Nanhui, Shanghai in October 2021

10,000 Birds

in psychology from the University of Buffalo. Estren said that humans should be mindful of their bias for cute animals, so animals that would not be considered cute are also valued in addition to cute animals. Oriental Scops Owls are quite possibly my favorite bird at Nanhui. Bird-shaped cuteness. Estren, a Ph.D.

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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She is not capable – physically or psychologically – of trapping and getting rid of one cat, let alone nine. There would then be three options: 1) re-home them to people who will keep them inside; 2) drop them off at an animal shelter as far away as possible; or 3) humanely euthanize them. It’s time for this to end. Sealed With A Trap.

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Birding Shanghai in June 2023

10,000 Birds

Some researchers did an experiment that among humans is only done rarely and only via mistakes made in maternity hospitals. Similar to the rare human experiment, the results were generally acceptable, though of course that does not account for any potential psychological damage caused by the switch in parents.

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Beyond Companionship: How Pets Can Help Your Health

4 The Love Of Animals

Humans and animals share an extremely important bond. Here, your body goes through a physical change, in which the human stress hormone, cortisol is reduced while the levels of serotonin which are associated with well-being are increased. Psychological benefits. Physiological benefits.

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Birding Shanghai in March 2024

10,000 Birds

I am sure some people will hate this photo of a Eurasian Hoopoe , framed as it is by human artifacts. ” Aren’t we all at least a little bit fascinated by psychology? They still mix with Black-faced Spoonbills , which otherwise would presumably feel rather lonely given their low global numbers.

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