Human-Animal Interaction

Work

• Do Therapy Dogs Suffer from Stress When They Are Working? (Psychology Today)
• Several states crack down 'fake' service animals (USA Today)
• Michael Jackson's chimp Bubbles is an artist & having an exhibition (Daily Mail)
• Therapy animals are everywhere. Proof that they help is not. (The Washington Post)
• Pet Insurance Is Now the Hottest Employee Benefit (Fortune)
• The Dog in the Dentist’s Chair, and Other Workplace Pets (The New York Times)
• The Internet Is Freaking Out Over This Painting Shiba Inu - Creators (Vice)

Companionship

• More Truths About Dog People (Psychology Today)

• Dogs Experience Profound Personality Changes As They Age (Study Finds)

• Giddy Up, Girlfriend! Loving horses might insulate you from all the manure on the internet.

• Do Dogs Actually Enjoy Making Us Feel Better? (Science Alert)
• Are Americans Too Attached to Their Pets? (National Review)
• Homeless people on their pets: 'She saved me as much as I saved her' (The Guardian)
• Can having a dog help you live longer? (PBS)
• Pets Are Good For Us—But Not In The Ways We Think They Are (National Geographic)
• People Really Do Love Dogs More Than Humans, Says New Study (Science Alert)
• Why The Homeless Need Their Pets (Good)
• Cats Care About People More Than Food, New Study Finds (Time)

Grief

• Losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend (The Conversation)
• After Losing Her Dog, This Woman Created This Heartbreaking Comic, And Now We’re Crying (Bored Panda)
• It can be harder to lose a dog than a relative or friend — here's why (Business Insider)
• Getting Over Rover: Why the Loss of a Dog Can Be Devastating (Psychology Today)

Health

• Dog therapy: What I’ve learned overseeing 60 canine campus team (The Conversation)

• Does exposure to animals during childhood buffer the body's response to stress as adults? (The Los Angeles Times)
• Pets Don't Improve Children's Mental Or Physical Health (Santa Monica Patch)
• Getting a Dog May Save Your Life, Especially If You’re Single (Bloomberg)
• Large Study Finds Pet Owners Are Different (Psychology Today)
• These states have the fattest pets — and they might surprise you (The Kansas City Star)

Social Stratification

• The Odd Demography of Loving Pets: Sex, Money, and Race (Psychology Today)
  
• Police Dogs and Anti-Black Violence (African American Intellectual History Society)
• Whose best friend? How gender and stereotypes can shape our relationship with dogs (The Conversation)

Human Ecology

• Humans cause wild critters to adopt the night life (Mercury News)
• Fido And Fluffy Are Ruining The Environment (Hollywood Patch)

Abandonment

• No 'Easy Answer' To Growing Number Of Stray Dogs In The U.S. (NPR)
• Michigan Dog Hospice Gives Unwanted Senior Pups a Place to Be Loved and Adored (People)

Legal

• Photographer Wins Monkey Selfie Copyright Case (Peta Pixel)
• Court Rules Orangutan Held In Argentina Zoo Is ‘Non-Human Person’ And Can Be Freed (Huffington Post)
• New York court rules that Tommy the chimp is not a ‘person’ (Washington Post)
• Lawyer heads to N.Y. Supreme Court to argue chimpanzees deserve rights (NBC News)

Communication

• Koko The Gorilla Dies; Redrew The Lines Of Animal-Human Communication (NPR)
• Swedish Startup Uses AI to Figure Out What Dolphins Talk About (Bloomberg)
• This Music Makes Dogs Happiest (The Telegraph)
• How Much Do Cats and Dogs Remember? (Live Science)
• Do Dogs Ever Lie to or Try to Deceive People? (Psychology Today)