Wild animals can also experience trauma and adversity – as ecologists we have devised an index to track how this affects them

Psychologists know that childhood trauma, or the experience of harmful or adverse events, can have lasting effects on people’s health and well-being well into adulthood. But while the consequences of early adversity in humans have been well researched, humans are not the only ones who can experience adversity. If you have a rescue dog, you’ve … Read more