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USDA's new guidelines for organic livestock production are now open for public comment; Reply to them by May 13th to influence how organic farms treat their animals; this opportunity has a high ratio of effort to expected impact, as the guidelines will have a significant impact on animal welfare and the environment, and the comment period
The ethics of pet ownership in the age of animal cognition
Cost-effectiveness of animal sheltering in natural disasters
Deontological Constraints on Animal Products; There is a memetically powerful argument within animal advocacy circles which goes like the following: We would never ask child abusers to commit less child abuse, so we can't ask other people to reduce their animal product consumption, and instead we should be advocating for an abolition of all animal
How to Write an Effective Animal Shelter Letter
Animal Welfare in the Digital Age: Can AI-Powered Monitoring Systems Improve Animal Protection?
Animal sanctuaries increase animal adoption, and spay/neuter programs might, too.
Sports Teams With Animal Mascots Should Be Required to Donate a Portion of Their Revenue to Animal Welfare Organizations
The impact of land use change on terrestrial animal migration patterns.
Moral Good, Creative Good; A friend tells you that a company that makes animal products is now offering a small discount for customers who bring in a picture of their pet to show that it's a real customer, thus proving that the company cares about its customers' pets. The picture will be displayed in the company's
Impact of factory farming on wild animal populations
Animals in Our Symbiotic Ecosystems; My day starts with a quick walk around the block to get some fresh air and clear my head, which is a good thing because I'm about to dive into a bunch of emails and reports related to my work on farm animal welfare. I'm a program associate
The Importance of Preserving the World's Coral Reefs
Biotechnology and genetic engineering are revolutionizing the field of veterinary medicine, offering new hope for millions of animals suffering from genetic disorders and diseases.
Introducing new leadership in The Wildlife Conservation Society's Research team; Hello EA Forum! As some of you may already be aware, The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has recently expanded our team, most notably in Research. As such, we'd like to introduce ourselves as WCS's new Director of Research and Program Manager
Animal Welfare Innovators: 2023 Incubated Animal Welfare Organizations (Round 1) - Animal Welfare Innovation Network; We are excited to announce the launch of three new animal welfare nonprofit organizations through our February/March 2023 Animal Welfare Innovation Incubation Program. These innovative organizations were selected from a competitive pool
New Opportunity: Creating Open Datasets for Animal Welfare Research; TL;DR: The Humane Society of the United States is offering grants ($10k-$25k) for creating open-source datasets to advance animal welfare research, such as analyzing the effects of environmental enrichment on animal stress levels or developing machine learning models to detect
Animal Welfare - 6 Months in 6 Minutes; In September 2022, I started making summaries of the top EA and LW forum posts each week. This post collates together the key themes Ive seen within top-rated posts since then about animal agriculture. Note a lot of the discussions have focused on different strategies for
Animal advocates should campaign to restrict robotic wildlife management; Here's a fairly safe prediction: much of the near-term potential harm from robots is potential harm to nonhuman animals, such as bears, wolves, and other wildlife. As robots become more common in the outdoors, they may be used to track and manage wildlife populations,
Why I'm skeptical about using subjective time experience to assign moral weights to animal suffering; This post provides a summary of my working paper Animal Welfare and Felt Duration. The goal is to make the content of the paper more accessible and to add context and framing for an EA audience, including a discussion of some of the potential
AI-Powered Animal Shelter Management System
Leaked EU Draft Proposes Substantial Animal Welfare Improvements and Bans Fur Trade
Research summary: farmed rabbit welfare; This post is a short summary of a peer-reviewed, open access publication on rabbit welfare in the Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences. The paper and supplemental information can be accessed here. The original paper was written by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Reading. The study
The Case for Animal-Inclusive Transhumanism
To what extent can animal rights be taken seriously in a society that values efficiency, productivity, and profit over animal welfare?
How to start an animal sanctuary
The Impact of Microplastics on Wildlife
Farmed animal welfare in the world's top 10 most populous countries: a missed opportunity for global cooperation.
Animal Sentience and the Ethics of Zoos
The ethics of zoos and aquariums; I recently read a John Tierney article titled ""The Zoo as a Fable of Human Nature.""
Animal welfare in slaughterhouses
Animal welfare in the livestock industry
Animal welfare and environmental concerns in the dairy industry: Postmortem; The European Citizens' Initiative to label dairy products from cows kept in poor living conditions.
Institutional cage-free and free-range egg production campaigns in the US & Western Europe
Animal Suffering in Factory Farming
The Power of The Identifiable Victim Effect in Improving Animal Welfare: Exploring the Impact of Visual Storytelling on Donations to Animal Shelters.
Food Animal Welfare in Agricultural Policy
Debating the merits of veganism and vegetarianism as effective strategies for reducing animal suffering and environmental degradation.
Animal welfare in India: Opportunities for impact
Denmark will be first to impose CO2 tax on animals in zoos, government says
What is the most effective animal sanctuary or wildlife reserve to visit?
The Risks of Releasing Non-Native Invasive Species
What are the most tractable ALF interventions?
How I Learned to Love Wild Horses
Killing the chickens; (Cross-posted from Hands and Cities)
Poultry Farm Automation and AI: Revolutionizing Animal Welfare
Droughts in Africa expected to increase due to climate change. Animal conservationists are now considering relocating animals from drought-stricken areas to more fertile areas to help preserve the animal population. This is a drastic measure, as it requires a lot of planning and resources to relocate large groups of animals. Some argue that this
Cost comparison of promoting anti-doping efforts in professional sports in high income vs. low income countries; Quick summary: The same anti-doping campaign performed 3x - 5x better in lower income countries, the prevalence of doping in these lower income countries is about 1/10th as high, which indicates
Animal Welfare Organization's Efficacy Metrics 2024 Summary; In April 2024, the Animal Welfare Organization Efficacy Metrics Forum(1)was held over four days with the purpose of bringing together key decision-makers in the animal welfare community to connect, coordinate, and strategize on metrics for measuring the effectiveness
A look into the inner workings of the World Wildlife Fund, AMA: Marco Lambertini, the Director General of the World Wildlife Fund; Update: Marco Lambertini has kindly agreed to participate in an AMA. Marco is a biologist by training and has spent his career working to conserve wildlife and the wild places they inhabit. He
Decreasing the consumption of animals is good for the environment; Do you think the following animals are good or bad for the environment? Think again?; Do you think the following animals are good or bad for the environment? For which ecosystems?.
Global Animal Welfare Organizations: Seeking Expressions of Interest for Priority Initiatives Next Year
Animal testing and research practices in the life sciences
A welfare organization in Brazil is working to help rescue and rehabilitate 1000s of animals affected by the recent Amazon rainforest fires. The Brazilian Animal Welfare Society is steadfastly committed to protecting and preserving the welfare of animals in need, and their work in the Amazon has been particularly focused on providing aid to animals displaced
The Rise of Unregulated Cosmetic Testing on Animals in Southeast Asia: What does this mean for the cruelty-free movement in Asia?
Announcing our 2022 effective altruism research recommendations; Every year, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) spends several months evaluating research projects that focus on developing formal methods to align advanced artificial intelligence with human values. Our goal is to help researchers and donors prioritize the most impactful research in this field.
Legal Impact for Dogs seeks a Community Manager.
Farmed animal welfare: resources and discussion forum
Sustainable Aquaculture and Animal Welfare Initiative webpage; Greetings from Fish Welfare Project!
Call for Expressions of Interest: RSPCA Australia's Animal Welfare Research Fund; Deadline: March 31, 2024 (followed by rolling submissions).
The Impact of Animal Shelters on Local Communities Through a Public Health Lens; The text discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of animal shelters on local communities, including the impact on public health and safety. By examining the relationship between animal shelters and public health, this topic could explore how shelters can be designed and operated to promote community
The recent discovery of a new species of octopus in the depths of the ocean has sparked debate about the ethics of deep-sea fishing and the impact on marine ecosystems. The new species, found in the depths of the Mariana Trench, has raised concerns about the destruction of habitats and the potential for overfishing
Animal ethics in the design of future AGI systems
Circuses and Zoos in Developing Countries: The Hidden Truth; In many developing countries, circuses and zoos are becoming increasingly popular attractions, but behind the scenes, the treatment of animals is often far from what visitors expect. In some cases, animals are kept in small cages and are subjected to physical abuse,
New Jury Analysis of the KFC Chicken Broiler Inspection Trial;
Effective Altruism and Zoos
Animal agriculture is a major driver of environmental degradation, and reducing meat and animal product (MAP) consumption is crucial for mitigating climate change. Animal welfare advocates are also concerned with the treatment of animals in the animal agriculture industry. Animal-based interventions for reducing MAP consumption and promoting animal welfare have been tested and validated in the scientific
Introducing the Animal Welfare and Innovation Lab at the University of Toronto; We are excited to announce the new Animal Welfare and Innovation Lab at the University of Torontos Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ontario, Canada). Our mission is to improve animal welfare and reduce animal suffering through cutting-edge research and innovative technologies. I am
Review of The Animal Activist's Handbook; The Animal Activist's Handbook has been released! I received an advance copy for review, so will share some thoughts and highlights. (It feels a bit presumptuous to review a book that's already been so influential and widely read, but I'll do my best to
How to Get an Animal Welfare Job: My Experience
Announcing the Launch of the Humane Society of the United States; We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Humane Society of the United States later this month. The Humane Society of the United States is a leading animal welfare organization, dedicated to protecting animals from cruelty, abuse, and neglect. Our mission is
Animal sanctuary management; This essay argues that animal sanctuaries play a crucial role in promoting animal welfare and that improving the management of these sanctuaries could have significant positive impacts on animal well-being. First, I estimate that animal sanctuaries care for 1.45 million animals, and that improving their management could
Animal Advocacy in the Time of COVID-19: New Ideas for Effective Animal Advocacy
How to Raise Chickens in a Way That Is Kind to Them and the Planet
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Open-Source Animal Shelter Management Software in Latin America: Case Studies of Five Animal Welfare Organizations
Animal Charity Evaluators is doing a live AMA now!; Starting now! AnimalCharity Evaluators is holding an AMA on our Movement Grants!. This is a great opportunity to ask us questions about our Movement Grants, how we make our decisions, and what we're looking for in grant applications. We'll be
Laboratory Animal Research in China: Investigating the Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Inspections
Animal Advocacy; TL;DR: Animal advocacy has shown a great deal of promise in general with inherent strengths, such as an automatic mechanism for being heard and for getting demands met. This contrasts with other methods of advocacy where these outcomes are not guaranteed. Furthermore, there is often a lack of clarity and transparency in the
Animal Advocacy: Fostering Cooperation Among Organizations
AGI x Animal Welfare: A Low-Cost, High-Return Strategy for Reducing Suffering in the World's Most Vulnerable Populations.
Certifying Animal Welfare In Zoos And Aquariums Institutes Impact Implementation Via Zoological Certification
Feline kidney disease is very bad and you should treat it;
Resources for animal rescue and rehabilitation: 2023 roundup; Tl;dr - This is a curated and useful list of animal rescue and rehabilitation resources that came out in 2023. We (Impactful Animal Advocacy) sent this compilation out in our free bi-weekly newsletter and thought it might be helpful to
Slaughter of farmed mink in Europe: Literature review; We are beginning a new project that aims to work towards humane slaughter of mink in Europe. We conducted this literature review to help guide our work. Our next step is to spend more time investigating the current methods of mink slaughter and discussing with the relevant
Dog welfare in shelters: A review of the current state of affairs
Alleged inevitable convergence between efficiency and methods that involve less animal suffering is one of the main arguments I've heard in favor of assuming the expected value of the future of animal welfare is positive, and I think this is actually a flawed assumption. The convergence argument implies that as the world becomes more efficient, we will see
Animal Welfare in Entertainment: Focusing on Invisible Animals Behind the Scenes
PETA Investigates the Safety of Plant-Based Food for Dogs and Cats; TL;DR: We conclude that there is some evidence against the claims made by the pet food industry that plant-based food for dogs and cats is safe and nutritious. The literature suggests that the ingredients in plant-based pet food may be deficient in certain
Theories of Animal Welfare and Animal Welfare Range Estimates
Animal Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums
Animal testing in scientific research
Frontiers of Animal Welfare: The Cumulative Welfare Framework and Multi-Objective Optimisation; A way of comparing how much welfare different interventions improve, without requiring weightings between species or interventions.
The Fur Flies: A Large and Neglected Group of Wild Animals
Animal welfare scoring systems: Could they help improve animal protection laws?;
Climate Change and Animal Welfare: Some Strategies for Mitigation
Habitats I've purchased and used: a listicle to boost your consumer surplus and productivity
Dog Welfare Initiative Strategy Update: Enhancing Our Rescue Operations in Latin America
Animal shelters; Preprint: Analysis of factors associated with dog adoption outcomes; This post summarizes a new preprint by the Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative, led by researcher Emily Weiss; The preprint analyzed data from over 100,000 dog adoptions and identified several key factors that are associated with higher adoption rates and
Animal Welfare and Conservation: SAFE Initiative; We are SAFE Initiative, a 1 year old research group building an effective altruism-based recommendation framework for animal welfare and conservation. Our goal is to provide actionable insights and recommendations to help maximize positive outcomes for animals and the ecosystems they inhabit. We focus on species that are particularly vulnerable
Starting and running your own animal sanctuary: What I've learnt running a sanctuary for a year

USDA's new guidelines for organic livestock production are now open for public comment; Reply to them by May 13th to influence how organic farms treat their animals; this opportunity has a high ratio of effort to expected impact, as the guidelines will have a significant impact on animal welfare and the environment, and the comment period

The ethics of pet ownership in the age of animal cognition

Cost-effectiveness of animal sheltering in natural disasters

Deontological Constraints on Animal Products; There is a memetically powerful argument within animal advocacy circles which goes like the following: We would never ask child abusers to commit less child abuse, so we can't ask other people to reduce their animal product consumption, and instead we should be advocating for an abolition of all animal

How to Write an Effective Animal Shelter Letter

Animal Welfare in the Digital Age: Can AI-Powered Monitoring Systems Improve Animal Protection?

Animal sanctuaries increase animal adoption, and spay/neuter programs might, too.

Sports Teams With Animal Mascots Should Be Required to Donate a Portion of Their Revenue to Animal Welfare Organizations

The impact of land use change on terrestrial animal migration patterns.

Moral Good, Creative Good; A friend tells you that a company that makes animal products is now offering a small discount for customers who bring in a picture of their pet to show that it's a real customer, thus proving that the company cares about its customers' pets. The picture will be displayed in the company's

Impact of factory farming on wild animal populations

Animals in Our Symbiotic Ecosystems; My day starts with a quick walk around the block to get some fresh air and clear my head, which is a good thing because I'm about to dive into a bunch of emails and reports related to my work on farm animal welfare. I'm a program associate

The Importance of Preserving the World's Coral Reefs

Biotechnology and genetic engineering are revolutionizing the field of veterinary medicine, offering new hope for millions of animals suffering from genetic disorders and diseases.

Introducing new leadership in The Wildlife Conservation Society's Research team; Hello EA Forum! As some of you may already be aware, The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has recently expanded our team, most notably in Research. As such, we'd like to introduce ourselves as WCS's new Director of Research and Program Manager

Animal Welfare Innovators: 2023 Incubated Animal Welfare Organizations (Round 1) - Animal Welfare Innovation Network; We are excited to announce the launch of three new animal welfare nonprofit organizations through our February/March 2023 Animal Welfare Innovation Incubation Program. These innovative organizations were selected from a competitive pool

New Opportunity: Creating Open Datasets for Animal Welfare Research; TL;DR: The Humane Society of the United States is offering grants ($10k-$25k) for creating open-source datasets to advance animal welfare research, such as analyzing the effects of environmental enrichment on animal stress levels or developing machine learning models to detect

Animal Welfare - 6 Months in 6 Minutes; In September 2022, I started making summaries of the top EA and LW forum posts each week. This post collates together the key themes Ive seen within top-rated posts since then about animal agriculture. Note a lot of the discussions have focused on different strategies for

Animal advocates should campaign to restrict robotic wildlife management; Here's a fairly safe prediction: much of the near-term potential harm from robots is potential harm to nonhuman animals, such as bears, wolves, and other wildlife. As robots become more common in the outdoors, they may be used to track and manage wildlife populations,

Why I'm skeptical about using subjective time experience to assign moral weights to animal suffering; This post provides a summary of my working paper Animal Welfare and Felt Duration. The goal is to make the content of the paper more accessible and to add context and framing for an EA audience, including a discussion of some of the potential

AI-Powered Animal Shelter Management System

Leaked EU Draft Proposes Substantial Animal Welfare Improvements and Bans Fur Trade

Research summary: farmed rabbit welfare; This post is a short summary of a peer-reviewed, open access publication on rabbit welfare in the Journal of Agricultural and Animal Sciences. The paper and supplemental information can be accessed here. The original paper was written by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the University of Reading. The study

The Case for Animal-Inclusive Transhumanism

To what extent can animal rights be taken seriously in a society that values efficiency, productivity, and profit over animal welfare?

How to start an animal sanctuary

The Impact of Microplastics on Wildlife

Farmed animal welfare in the world's top 10 most populous countries: a missed opportunity for global cooperation.

Animal Sentience and the Ethics of Zoos

The ethics of zoos and aquariums; I recently read a John Tierney article titled ""The Zoo as a Fable of Human Nature.""

Animal welfare in slaughterhouses

Animal welfare in the livestock industry

Animal welfare and environmental concerns in the dairy industry: Postmortem; The European Citizens' Initiative to label dairy products from cows kept in poor living conditions.

Institutional cage-free and free-range egg production campaigns in the US & Western Europe

Animal Suffering in Factory Farming

The Power of The Identifiable Victim Effect in Improving Animal Welfare: Exploring the Impact of Visual Storytelling on Donations to Animal Shelters.

Food Animal Welfare in Agricultural Policy

Debating the merits of veganism and vegetarianism as effective strategies for reducing animal suffering and environmental degradation.

Animal welfare in India: Opportunities for impact

Denmark will be first to impose CO2 tax on animals in zoos, government says

What is the most effective animal sanctuary or wildlife reserve to visit?

The Risks of Releasing Non-Native Invasive Species

What are the most tractable ALF interventions?

How I Learned to Love Wild Horses

Killing the chickens; (Cross-posted from Hands and Cities)

Poultry Farm Automation and AI: Revolutionizing Animal Welfare

Droughts in Africa expected to increase due to climate change. Animal conservationists are now considering relocating animals from drought-stricken areas to more fertile areas to help preserve the animal population. This is a drastic measure, as it requires a lot of planning and resources to relocate large groups of animals. Some argue that this

Cost comparison of promoting anti-doping efforts in professional sports in high income vs. low income countries; Quick summary: The same anti-doping campaign performed 3x - 5x better in lower income countries, the prevalence of doping in these lower income countries is about 1/10th as high, which indicates

Animal Welfare Organization's Efficacy Metrics 2024 Summary; In April 2024, the Animal Welfare Organization Efficacy Metrics Forum(1)was held over four days with the purpose of bringing together key decision-makers in the animal welfare community to connect, coordinate, and strategize on metrics for measuring the effectiveness

A look into the inner workings of the World Wildlife Fund, AMA: Marco Lambertini, the Director General of the World Wildlife Fund; Update: Marco Lambertini has kindly agreed to participate in an AMA. Marco is a biologist by training and has spent his career working to conserve wildlife and the wild places they inhabit. He

Decreasing the consumption of animals is good for the environment; Do you think the following animals are good or bad for the environment? Think again?; Do you think the following animals are good or bad for the environment? For which ecosystems?.

Global Animal Welfare Organizations: Seeking Expressions of Interest for Priority Initiatives Next Year

Animal testing and research practices in the life sciences

A welfare organization in Brazil is working to help rescue and rehabilitate 1000s of animals affected by the recent Amazon rainforest fires. The Brazilian Animal Welfare Society is steadfastly committed to protecting and preserving the welfare of animals in need, and their work in the Amazon has been particularly focused on providing aid to animals displaced

The Rise of Unregulated Cosmetic Testing on Animals in Southeast Asia: What does this mean for the cruelty-free movement in Asia?

Announcing our 2022 effective altruism research recommendations; Every year, the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI) spends several months evaluating research projects that focus on developing formal methods to align advanced artificial intelligence with human values. Our goal is to help researchers and donors prioritize the most impactful research in this field.

Legal Impact for Dogs seeks a Community Manager.

Farmed animal welfare: resources and discussion forum

Sustainable Aquaculture and Animal Welfare Initiative webpage; Greetings from Fish Welfare Project!

Call for Expressions of Interest: RSPCA Australia's Animal Welfare Research Fund; Deadline: March 31, 2024 (followed by rolling submissions).

The Impact of Animal Shelters on Local Communities Through a Public Health Lens; The text discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of animal shelters on local communities, including the impact on public health and safety. By examining the relationship between animal shelters and public health, this topic could explore how shelters can be designed and operated to promote community

The recent discovery of a new species of octopus in the depths of the ocean has sparked debate about the ethics of deep-sea fishing and the impact on marine ecosystems. The new species, found in the depths of the Mariana Trench, has raised concerns about the destruction of habitats and the potential for overfishing

Animal ethics in the design of future AGI systems

Circuses and Zoos in Developing Countries: The Hidden Truth; In many developing countries, circuses and zoos are becoming increasingly popular attractions, but behind the scenes, the treatment of animals is often far from what visitors expect. In some cases, animals are kept in small cages and are subjected to physical abuse,

New Jury Analysis of the KFC Chicken Broiler Inspection Trial;

Effective Altruism and Zoos

Animal agriculture is a major driver of environmental degradation, and reducing meat and animal product (MAP) consumption is crucial for mitigating climate change. Animal welfare advocates are also concerned with the treatment of animals in the animal agriculture industry. Animal-based interventions for reducing MAP consumption and promoting animal welfare have been tested and validated in the scientific

Introducing the Animal Welfare and Innovation Lab at the University of Toronto; We are excited to announce the new Animal Welfare and Innovation Lab at the University of Torontos Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (Ontario, Canada). Our mission is to improve animal welfare and reduce animal suffering through cutting-edge research and innovative technologies. I am

Review of The Animal Activist's Handbook; The Animal Activist's Handbook has been released! I received an advance copy for review, so will share some thoughts and highlights. (It feels a bit presumptuous to review a book that's already been so influential and widely read, but I'll do my best to

How to Get an Animal Welfare Job: My Experience

Announcing the Launch of the Humane Society of the United States; We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Humane Society of the United States later this month. The Humane Society of the United States is a leading animal welfare organization, dedicated to protecting animals from cruelty, abuse, and neglect. Our mission is

Animal sanctuary management; This essay argues that animal sanctuaries play a crucial role in promoting animal welfare and that improving the management of these sanctuaries could have significant positive impacts on animal well-being. First, I estimate that animal sanctuaries care for 1.45 million animals, and that improving their management could

Animal Advocacy in the Time of COVID-19: New Ideas for Effective Animal Advocacy

How to Raise Chickens in a Way That Is Kind to Them and the Planet

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Open-Source Animal Shelter Management Software in Latin America: Case Studies of Five Animal Welfare Organizations

Animal Charity Evaluators is doing a live AMA now!; Starting now! AnimalCharity Evaluators is holding an AMA on our Movement Grants!. This is a great opportunity to ask us questions about our Movement Grants, how we make our decisions, and what we're looking for in grant applications. We'll be

Laboratory Animal Research in China: Investigating the Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Inspections

Animal Advocacy; TL;DR: Animal advocacy has shown a great deal of promise in general with inherent strengths, such as an automatic mechanism for being heard and for getting demands met. This contrasts with other methods of advocacy where these outcomes are not guaranteed. Furthermore, there is often a lack of clarity and transparency in the

Animal Advocacy: Fostering Cooperation Among Organizations

AGI x Animal Welfare: A Low-Cost, High-Return Strategy for Reducing Suffering in the World's Most Vulnerable Populations.

Certifying Animal Welfare In Zoos And Aquariums Institutes Impact Implementation Via Zoological Certification

Feline kidney disease is very bad and you should treat it;

Resources for animal rescue and rehabilitation: 2023 roundup; Tl;dr - This is a curated and useful list of animal rescue and rehabilitation resources that came out in 2023. We (Impactful Animal Advocacy) sent this compilation out in our free bi-weekly newsletter and thought it might be helpful to

Slaughter of farmed mink in Europe: Literature review; We are beginning a new project that aims to work towards humane slaughter of mink in Europe. We conducted this literature review to help guide our work. Our next step is to spend more time investigating the current methods of mink slaughter and discussing with the relevant

Dog welfare in shelters: A review of the current state of affairs

Alleged inevitable convergence between efficiency and methods that involve less animal suffering is one of the main arguments I've heard in favor of assuming the expected value of the future of animal welfare is positive, and I think this is actually a flawed assumption. The convergence argument implies that as the world becomes more efficient, we will see

Animal Welfare in Entertainment: Focusing on Invisible Animals Behind the Scenes

PETA Investigates the Safety of Plant-Based Food for Dogs and Cats; TL;DR: We conclude that there is some evidence against the claims made by the pet food industry that plant-based food for dogs and cats is safe and nutritious. The literature suggests that the ingredients in plant-based pet food may be deficient in certain

Theories of Animal Welfare and Animal Welfare Range Estimates

Animal Welfare in Zoos and Aquariums

Animal testing in scientific research

Frontiers of Animal Welfare: The Cumulative Welfare Framework and Multi-Objective Optimisation; A way of comparing how much welfare different interventions improve, without requiring weightings between species or interventions.

The Fur Flies: A Large and Neglected Group of Wild Animals

Animal welfare scoring systems: Could they help improve animal protection laws?;

Climate Change and Animal Welfare: Some Strategies for Mitigation

Habitats I've purchased and used: a listicle to boost your consumer surplus and productivity

Dog Welfare Initiative Strategy Update: Enhancing Our Rescue Operations in Latin America

Animal shelters; Preprint: Analysis of factors associated with dog adoption outcomes; This post summarizes a new preprint by the Human-Animal Bond Research Initiative, led by researcher Emily Weiss; The preprint analyzed data from over 100,000 dog adoptions and identified several key factors that are associated with higher adoption rates and

Animal Welfare and Conservation: SAFE Initiative; We are SAFE Initiative, a 1 year old research group building an effective altruism-based recommendation framework for animal welfare and conservation. Our goal is to provide actionable insights and recommendations to help maximize positive outcomes for animals and the ecosystems they inhabit. We focus on species that are particularly vulnerable

Starting and running your own animal sanctuary: What I've learnt running a sanctuary for a year