Rachel Yerbury

TL;DR: In this article , the authors present the results of a collaboration between over 100 researchers, practitioners, and end users of animal-based supports from all over the world, who created working definitions for the following nine terms: "assistance animal", "companion animal", “emotional support animal, “facility animal,” “service animal, and “visiting/visitation animal.

TL;DR: This paper challenges the justification of captivity for leisure by seeking to balance anthropocentric benefits with a more ecocentric contemplation of dolphins’ entitlement to nature and well-being, in a novel application of the biophilia framework to animals.

TL;DR: Although interactions between humans and wild animals have been explored in the literature, the mechanism for how such experiences influence wellbeing is an area needing further examination as mentioned in this paper, which is an interesting topic.

TL;DR: In this paper, contact with nature and experiences with nonhuman animals have been shown to contribute to nature connection and human wellbeing, both of which are innate needs according to the biophilia hypothesi...

TL;DR: The Biophilia hypothesis highlights the innate human need for nature and indicates that humans and nonhuman animals belong to a network of living things that have existed and interacted for millennia.