All Field Notes

It's not easy taking care of cats, here are some extra details that not everyone knows are just as important when taking care of cats.

When trying to save an endangered species, the most obvious method would be to increase the population size. However, what if I told you increasing population size wasn’t enough? It's all about genetics. A small population suffers from small numbers of individuals but it also suffers from lower genetic diversity. Increasing the numbers of individuals in a small population would evidently increase the population size, but all those individuals would retain similar genetic mate

Before studying animal care, I never really considered the idea that animals could hold legal rights. Yet in recent years, animal welfare advocates have challenged this assumption by bringing court cases on behalf of captive animals, arguing for their right to liberty. To do so, they primarily use the legal approach; habeas corpus, a Latin term meaning "you shall have the body." This is a centuries-old legal remedy, traditionally used to protect people from unlawful imprisonm