Purina Awards $120,000 in Global Research Grants to Advance Understanding of the Human-Pet Bond

Purina Sponsorship for Human-Animal Bond Studies Program to fund three new studies exploring how pets support survivor healing, child well-being and feline mental health ST. LOUIS, Dec. 17, 2025 ...
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Researchers to study the human-animal bond in trauma recovery, feline separation behavior, and remote canine-assisted therapy

Purina has awarded research funding to 3 international scientific teams as part of its 2026 Sponsorship for Human-Animal Bond Studies, a biennial program that supports research on the bond between ...
Psychology Today

Deep Insights Into Paradoxical Human-Animal Relationships

Shankland's award-winning interdisciplinary book examines our dominance of and affection for animals and how empathy toward ...
USA Today

In pandemic's shadow, risk of animal to human disease spread still high

Regardless of how the COVID-19 pandemic started, it's clear that deadly diseases can jump from animals to humans ‒ and a new report from Harvard Law School and New York University finds we're not ...