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Animal Protein vs Plant Protein for Humans: Research and Global Context
The Effects of Factory Farming on Animal Welfare and Public Health
Animal Welfare and Enforcement in the European Union: A Fireside Chat with the European Animal Welfare Platform
McGill EA x Law Presents: A Fireside Chat on Innovative Technology for Reducing Shark Finning
The use of Facial Recognition Technology in the dairy industry; We discuss the respeggt's ground-breaking technology, why it is likely to significantly reduce the need for culling male calves in the dairy industry, what the major challenges in the way are in terms of regulations and costs, and how it could potentially be used to
Is factory farming of livestock real?;
The treatment of animals in zoos is being considered by many as inhumane and the industry is under scrutiny.
Animal experimentation; When I first got into EA I was persuaded to stop eating eggs and meat. At the time I was under the impression that the consensus was that most certifications for eggs (cage free etc) were ineffective in improving animal welfare. I was also under the impression that animal welfare certifications in the meat industry were
Does an animal's capacity for complex emotions, such as joy, grief, and love, justify a greater moral priority on their welfare compared to humans who may not exhibit these emotions as intensely or consistently?
The impact of wild animal capture on animal welfare in the zoo and aquarium industry.
Animal welfare charities to donate to in the 2023 election cycle
Animal sanctuaries provide a safe haven for rescued animals; I like animals, I like learning about their behavior, I like watching them thrive in a healthy environment. Some corners of EA have an odd attachment to thinking of animals purely as resources, and I think that's a shame. I've been volunteering at a local
Should we give a vitamin D supplement to a human who is likely to die in the next few years from a cause unrelated to vitamin D deficiency?; Epistemic certainty in my model and calculations: About 50-60%. There are some factors that I didn't include in detail as I thought the time required to
Fishing is a less painful death than the wild for fish
Animal Welfare in South America
Should we prioritize the welfare of human children over the welfare of non-human animals in cases where it's difficult to save both, and if so, what are the implications for our moral obligations to non-human animals?; If you're seeing this in summer 2022, we'll be posting many submissions in a short period
Tackling animal experimentation in the lab-grown meat industry
Mitigating animal shelter suffering by reducing the number of strays and feral cats in Asia and Africa - Longer Version;
The animal cognition and welfare implications of using dolphins in aquariums
Animal-Assisted Therapy: What is it and what does it mean for Effective Altruism?
Animal Welfare and Global Food Systems
Using Animals in Entertainment
Animal Experimentation by Country
Are animal shelters and sanctuaries doing more harm than good?
Animal research and animal testing
The Last Great Ape
Human population growth rates; The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has a dataset that looks at the population of different countries from 1960 to 2020 (https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/2/). This also includes data on population growth rates. If you were to compare these
How does the recent increase in animal shelters and sanctuaries across the world impact the way we view and treat animals?
Should we release captive bred animals back into the wild?
The implications of anthropomorphism for moral progress
Animal Welfare and AI: A Discussion of the Future of Animal Care and Welfare in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Animal Protection and Welfare Initiative- Active Projects and Open Roles
Incentivising people to adopt a pet from a shelter by paying them.
Animal Health and Welfare in Developing Countries has become a highly rated cause area in recent years. Both Animal Welfare Institute and Mercy For Animals staff recommend donating to the Humane Society of the United States to maximise impact.
Wild animals in zoos; For some time, I have been writing about the welfare of animals in zoos, arguing that keeping wild animals in captivity for human entertainment is a form of animal exploitation. While some may argue that zoos play a role in conservation and education, I believe that these benefits are greatly outweighed
Animal experimentation, a form of testing that is used by scientists to make new discoveries and to develop new products, such as cosmetics and medicines, but it involves the use of animals in often inhumane conditions, causing them to suffer and die in the name of progress.
Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in farmed ostriches, South Africa, January 2023
Animal testing for vaccine development; The use of nonhuman primates in vaccine development has been criticized by some, but the use of other animals such as mice and rabbits is far more common. Many of these animals are raised in large colonies, often in poor conditions, and are subjected to invasive procedures in order to test the
The welfare of animals in factory farms; The language of longtermism focuses on future generations of humans. Should it explicitly include the flourishing of moral agents in general, rather than just future generations of people?.
Wildfires in Canada 2023 and Animal Welfare
Launching 60,000,000,000 Dogs: A Give Well-Style CEA Spreadsheet for Animal Welfare and Conservation Impact of Feral Dog Populations
Animal Welfare in the Dairy Industry
Animal Empathy Philippines
The Terminology of Animal Sentience; Work to protect the interests of animal sentience(AS advocacy) could be very important. It could improve the well-being of animals, increase the number of animals that are protected by laws and policies, and also increase the number of people who care about the welfare of animals, ultimately
The Relationship Between Animal Welfare and Human Mental Health
Animal welfare policies in the US, the impact of consumer information on meat demand and consumption, the role of animal welfare certifications in the livestock industry, and the effects of social norms on meat consumption and animal welfare.
Should animal welfare organizations prioritize supporting conservation efforts over direct animal welfare interventions?
The Ethics of Zoos and Aquariums: Exploring the Impact of Captivity on Animal Welfare and the Role of Conservation in these Institutions.
Cattle and cattle-related products are being increasingly used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics due to their beneficial properties such as antibacterial peptides and fatty acids. Because of their ability to be grown on a variety of feedstocks and their fast growth rate, cattle are a promising source of these beneficial compounds. It is estimated that the global
The Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Organizations and How to Optimize Giving
What are we doing wrong with animal sanctuaries?
Is it ethical to test cosmetics on animals?
Keeping pets in captivity
A comparison of the relative moral weights of different types of farm animals, considering the viewpoints of different stakeholders, including farmers, consumers, and animal welfare advocates.
Animal Product Impact Scales for Seafood
Animal Product Impact Scales and the Limits of Animal Welfare Reform
Animal Welfare in Factory Farms?; A lot of effective altruists are interested in animal welfare, because it is an inherently interesting topic, and because it matters for cause prioritization and thinking about the long term future. But the curious reader is confronted with a multitude of complexities and uncertainties in the field, and a lack of
cultivated fish production costs
Advancing Sustainable Change: Promoting Humane Farming Practices in the Philippines and Southeast Asia through Effective Altruism. Summary: The concept of animal sentience holds that certain non-human animals possess consciousness and the capacity to experience subjective states, including pleasure and pain. Some issues and subtleties exist in attempting to develop
Animal Welfare and Law Enforcement; Can the animal welfare movement in Kenya benefit from collaborating with law enforcement agencies to address animal cruelty cases, and if so, what are the best practices and challenges that need to be considered?
Animal Welfare x Conservation: The Intersection of Human and Nonhuman Interests
Strategic considerations for effective animal welfare work in the context of farm-to-table meat production and the role of advocacy in promoting animal welfare policies. This post is a minutes document summarizing the presentation "Effective Altruism x Law Presents: Animal Welfare Advocacy for Sustainable Meat Systems" given at the EA Global 2023
Should we be prioritizing the welfare of individual animals over the welfare of animal populations?
The debate over whether zoos are a net positive or negative for animal welfare.
Animal Migration Patterns
How to balance the moral importance of reducing factory farming and the need to preserve traditional farming practices; Join us for the 6th annual Agricultural Heritage Conference, hosted by the Agricultural Heritage Society.
The Science of Animal Welfare: Overcoming the challenges of quantifying animal emotions with non-invasive biomarkers; TLDR; When considering animal welfare why isn't the trade-off between the welfare of the animals in zoos and aquariums and the welfare of the animals that would be lost in the wild if the zoo or
Migratory Birds and the Impact of Wind Farms on Their Populations
High-impact opportunities for farmed animal sanctuaries and advocacy organizations
Artificially Enhanced Animal Welfare
Should animal shelters adopt a 'no-kill' policy. Animal shelters are institutions that take in animals that have been abandoned or neglected by their owners, and provide them with food, water, and shelter. They also try to find new homes for the animals they take in. However, the reality is that many shelters
Can animal testing be replaced by alternative methods, such as computer simulations or in vitro testing, and what are the benefits of doing so? - Philosophize This!; We look at the current state of animal testing around the world, why testing is often unneeded and actually counterproductive to human interests, and what the alternatives
Which is better for animal welfare, large-scale fish farming or conventional fishing practices? And by how much?; This is the second part of a mini-series on the philosophy of animal agriculture. The first part explored the ethics of animal products in space, so here we'll dive into the terrestrial equivalent, and consider the trade
Animal welfare in factory farms vs. wildlife reserves
The effectiveness of veganism in reducing animal suffering: a quantitative analysis
Animal welfare in the context of urban agriculture and livestock farming: Empirical research on neglected causes
The Decline of the Ocean Quahog Clam; The Ocean Quahog Clam is the longest-lived non-colonial animal, with some individuals estimated to be over 562 years old. However, the population has been declining due to a combination of factors including overfishing, habitat destruction, and climate
Protecting the African Elephant Population Through Conservation and Conflict Resolution
The Intersection of Animal Welfare and Urban Planning
The Metaethics and Normative Ethics of Animal Farming: Many Questions, Some Implications; Are factory farming narratives effective in human advocacy for transforming hearts and minds, and encouraging action towards better animal welfare, consideration and care?
Animal sentience and decision-making in AI systems
Animal Advocacy vs Animal Agriculture: How should EA frame its animal-focused work in the context of food production?
Animal Conservation
Fostering a balanced ecosystem long-term design considerations for wildlife conservation in fragmented landscapes
Animal welfare policies in urban areas often prioritize the well-being of domesticated animals over wild animals, but this may not be the most effective way to improve animal welfare overall.(2) A major factor in the cost-effectiveness of interventions is the
Charity setup to advocate for reducing animal suffering in the livestock industry; We are planning to set up a charity that will focus on advocating for changes in the livestock industry in Nigeria to improve animal welfare. We seek 2 external people preferably from the EA community that can serve on the board of trustees for the charity to ensure
Animal Welfare League's Cage Free Project in Ghana; In this article I argue that the use of drones in animal welfare work is not inherently immoral and that, as long as it's implemented well, it can have a positive impact. I also explain that certain kinds of drone technology wouldn't work but that with careful consideration,
Reducing Animal Suffering Through Human Life Extension
Animal welfare in the EU: An Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Animal Welfare and Animal Health (IPAWAH) report from 2018 estimated that more than 40% of all assessed farm animals in the EU are living in conditions that do not meet their welfare needs. The report further stated that
Biotechnology and animal welfare in the context of synthetic biology and its applications in animal agriculture
Animal welfare organizations have historically relied on donations and volunteers to operate, but this model is becoming increasingly unsustainable in the face of growing demand for animal welfare services and declining donor support. In this talk, animal welfare experts discuss the challenges of scaling animal welfare organizations and explore innovative solutions to ensure that animal welfare services can be provided to
Animal research ethics and alternatives
Is there a moral obligation to prioritize animal welfare over human well-being in situations where the two conflict; Summary: I'm currently working on a PhD in philosophy looking at the ethics of animal use in scientific research, and I am interested in finding datasets, either just to use as examples to illustrate various philosophical arguments or to use
Improving animal welfare could be seen as increasing the cost of animal products for consumers. How about improving food safety? My own opinion is.
Redesigning Farm Animal Transport Systems for Reduced Stress and Injury
Ethnocentrism - A Brief Presentation
Animal welfare charities' funding strategies
How to measure the effectiveness of animal sanctuaries and rescue groups
Animal welfare in the context of animal agriculture
The ethics of zoos: should humans be keeping wild animals in captivity for the purpose of human entertainment?

Animal Protein vs Plant Protein for Humans: Research and Global Context

The Effects of Factory Farming on Animal Welfare and Public Health

Animal Welfare and Enforcement in the European Union: A Fireside Chat with the European Animal Welfare Platform

McGill EA x Law Presents: A Fireside Chat on Innovative Technology for Reducing Shark Finning

The use of Facial Recognition Technology in the dairy industry; We discuss the respeggt's ground-breaking technology, why it is likely to significantly reduce the need for culling male calves in the dairy industry, what the major challenges in the way are in terms of regulations and costs, and how it could potentially be used to

Is factory farming of livestock real?;

The treatment of animals in zoos is being considered by many as inhumane and the industry is under scrutiny.

Animal experimentation; When I first got into EA I was persuaded to stop eating eggs and meat. At the time I was under the impression that the consensus was that most certifications for eggs (cage free etc) were ineffective in improving animal welfare. I was also under the impression that animal welfare certifications in the meat industry were

Does an animal's capacity for complex emotions, such as joy, grief, and love, justify a greater moral priority on their welfare compared to humans who may not exhibit these emotions as intensely or consistently?

The impact of wild animal capture on animal welfare in the zoo and aquarium industry.

Animal welfare charities to donate to in the 2023 election cycle

Animal sanctuaries provide a safe haven for rescued animals; I like animals, I like learning about their behavior, I like watching them thrive in a healthy environment. Some corners of EA have an odd attachment to thinking of animals purely as resources, and I think that's a shame. I've been volunteering at a local

Should we give a vitamin D supplement to a human who is likely to die in the next few years from a cause unrelated to vitamin D deficiency?; Epistemic certainty in my model and calculations: About 50-60%. There are some factors that I didn't include in detail as I thought the time required to

Fishing is a less painful death than the wild for fish

Animal Welfare in South America

Should we prioritize the welfare of human children over the welfare of non-human animals in cases where it's difficult to save both, and if so, what are the implications for our moral obligations to non-human animals?; If you're seeing this in summer 2022, we'll be posting many submissions in a short period

Tackling animal experimentation in the lab-grown meat industry

Mitigating animal shelter suffering by reducing the number of strays and feral cats in Asia and Africa - Longer Version;

The animal cognition and welfare implications of using dolphins in aquariums

Animal-Assisted Therapy: What is it and what does it mean for Effective Altruism?

Animal Welfare and Global Food Systems

Using Animals in Entertainment

Animal Experimentation by Country

Are animal shelters and sanctuaries doing more harm than good?

Animal research and animal testing

The Last Great Ape

Human population growth rates; The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs has a dataset that looks at the population of different countries from 1960 to 2020 (https://population.un.org/wpp/Download/Standard/2/). This also includes data on population growth rates. If you were to compare these

How does the recent increase in animal shelters and sanctuaries across the world impact the way we view and treat animals?

Should we release captive bred animals back into the wild?

The implications of anthropomorphism for moral progress

Animal Welfare and AI: A Discussion of the Future of Animal Care and Welfare in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Animal Protection and Welfare Initiative- Active Projects and Open Roles

Incentivising people to adopt a pet from a shelter by paying them.

Animal Health and Welfare in Developing Countries has become a highly rated cause area in recent years. Both Animal Welfare Institute and Mercy For Animals staff recommend donating to the Humane Society of the United States to maximise impact.

Wild animals in zoos; For some time, I have been writing about the welfare of animals in zoos, arguing that keeping wild animals in captivity for human entertainment is a form of animal exploitation. While some may argue that zoos play a role in conservation and education, I believe that these benefits are greatly outweighed

Animal experimentation, a form of testing that is used by scientists to make new discoveries and to develop new products, such as cosmetics and medicines, but it involves the use of animals in often inhumane conditions, causing them to suffer and die in the name of progress.

Highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in farmed ostriches, South Africa, January 2023

Animal testing for vaccine development; The use of nonhuman primates in vaccine development has been criticized by some, but the use of other animals such as mice and rabbits is far more common. Many of these animals are raised in large colonies, often in poor conditions, and are subjected to invasive procedures in order to test the

The welfare of animals in factory farms; The language of longtermism focuses on future generations of humans. Should it explicitly include the flourishing of moral agents in general, rather than just future generations of people?.

Wildfires in Canada 2023 and Animal Welfare

Launching 60,000,000,000 Dogs: A Give Well-Style CEA Spreadsheet for Animal Welfare and Conservation Impact of Feral Dog Populations

Animal Welfare in the Dairy Industry

Animal Empathy Philippines

The Terminology of Animal Sentience; Work to protect the interests of animal sentience(AS advocacy) could be very important. It could improve the well-being of animals, increase the number of animals that are protected by laws and policies, and also increase the number of people who care about the welfare of animals, ultimately

The Relationship Between Animal Welfare and Human Mental Health

Animal welfare policies in the US, the impact of consumer information on meat demand and consumption, the role of animal welfare certifications in the livestock industry, and the effects of social norms on meat consumption and animal welfare.

Should animal welfare organizations prioritize supporting conservation efforts over direct animal welfare interventions?

The Ethics of Zoos and Aquariums: Exploring the Impact of Captivity on Animal Welfare and the Role of Conservation in these Institutions.

Cattle and cattle-related products are being increasingly used in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics due to their beneficial properties such as antibacterial peptides and fatty acids. Because of their ability to be grown on a variety of feedstocks and their fast growth rate, cattle are a promising source of these beneficial compounds. It is estimated that the global

The Effectiveness of Animal Welfare Organizations and How to Optimize Giving

What are we doing wrong with animal sanctuaries?

Is it ethical to test cosmetics on animals?

Keeping pets in captivity

A comparison of the relative moral weights of different types of farm animals, considering the viewpoints of different stakeholders, including farmers, consumers, and animal welfare advocates.

Animal Product Impact Scales for Seafood

Animal Product Impact Scales and the Limits of Animal Welfare Reform

Animal Welfare in Factory Farms?; A lot of effective altruists are interested in animal welfare, because it is an inherently interesting topic, and because it matters for cause prioritization and thinking about the long term future. But the curious reader is confronted with a multitude of complexities and uncertainties in the field, and a lack of

cultivated fish production costs

Advancing Sustainable Change: Promoting Humane Farming Practices in the Philippines and Southeast Asia through Effective Altruism. Summary: The concept of animal sentience holds that certain non-human animals possess consciousness and the capacity to experience subjective states, including pleasure and pain. Some issues and subtleties exist in attempting to develop

Animal Welfare and Law Enforcement; Can the animal welfare movement in Kenya benefit from collaborating with law enforcement agencies to address animal cruelty cases, and if so, what are the best practices and challenges that need to be considered?

Animal Welfare x Conservation: The Intersection of Human and Nonhuman Interests

Strategic considerations for effective animal welfare work in the context of farm-to-table meat production and the role of advocacy in promoting animal welfare policies. This post is a minutes document summarizing the presentation "Effective Altruism x Law Presents: Animal Welfare Advocacy for Sustainable Meat Systems" given at the EA Global 2023

Should we be prioritizing the welfare of individual animals over the welfare of animal populations?

The debate over whether zoos are a net positive or negative for animal welfare.

Animal Migration Patterns

How to balance the moral importance of reducing factory farming and the need to preserve traditional farming practices; Join us for the 6th annual Agricultural Heritage Conference, hosted by the Agricultural Heritage Society.

The Science of Animal Welfare: Overcoming the challenges of quantifying animal emotions with non-invasive biomarkers; TLDR; When considering animal welfare why isn't the trade-off between the welfare of the animals in zoos and aquariums and the welfare of the animals that would be lost in the wild if the zoo or

Migratory Birds and the Impact of Wind Farms on Their Populations

High-impact opportunities for farmed animal sanctuaries and advocacy organizations

Artificially Enhanced Animal Welfare

Should animal shelters adopt a 'no-kill' policy. Animal shelters are institutions that take in animals that have been abandoned or neglected by their owners, and provide them with food, water, and shelter. They also try to find new homes for the animals they take in. However, the reality is that many shelters

Can animal testing be replaced by alternative methods, such as computer simulations or in vitro testing, and what are the benefits of doing so? - Philosophize This!; We look at the current state of animal testing around the world, why testing is often unneeded and actually counterproductive to human interests, and what the alternatives

Which is better for animal welfare, large-scale fish farming or conventional fishing practices? And by how much?; This is the second part of a mini-series on the philosophy of animal agriculture. The first part explored the ethics of animal products in space, so here we'll dive into the terrestrial equivalent, and consider the trade

Animal welfare in factory farms vs. wildlife reserves

The effectiveness of veganism in reducing animal suffering: a quantitative analysis

Animal welfare in the context of urban agriculture and livestock farming: Empirical research on neglected causes

The Decline of the Ocean Quahog Clam; The Ocean Quahog Clam is the longest-lived non-colonial animal, with some individuals estimated to be over 562 years old. However, the population has been declining due to a combination of factors including overfishing, habitat destruction, and climate

Protecting the African Elephant Population Through Conservation and Conflict Resolution

The Intersection of Animal Welfare and Urban Planning

The Metaethics and Normative Ethics of Animal Farming: Many Questions, Some Implications; Are factory farming narratives effective in human advocacy for transforming hearts and minds, and encouraging action towards better animal welfare, consideration and care?

Animal sentience and decision-making in AI systems

Animal Advocacy vs Animal Agriculture: How should EA frame its animal-focused work in the context of food production?

Animal Conservation

Fostering a balanced ecosystem long-term design considerations for wildlife conservation in fragmented landscapes

Animal welfare policies in urban areas often prioritize the well-being of domesticated animals over wild animals, but this may not be the most effective way to improve animal welfare overall.(2) A major factor in the cost-effectiveness of interventions is the

Charity setup to advocate for reducing animal suffering in the livestock industry; We are planning to set up a charity that will focus on advocating for changes in the livestock industry in Nigeria to improve animal welfare. We seek 2 external people preferably from the EA community that can serve on the board of trustees for the charity to ensure

Animal Welfare League's Cage Free Project in Ghana; In this article I argue that the use of drones in animal welfare work is not inherently immoral and that, as long as it's implemented well, it can have a positive impact. I also explain that certain kinds of drone technology wouldn't work but that with careful consideration,

Reducing Animal Suffering Through Human Life Extension

Animal welfare in the EU: An Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Animal Welfare and Animal Health (IPAWAH) report from 2018 estimated that more than 40% of all assessed farm animals in the EU are living in conditions that do not meet their welfare needs. The report further stated that

Biotechnology and animal welfare in the context of synthetic biology and its applications in animal agriculture

Animal welfare organizations have historically relied on donations and volunteers to operate, but this model is becoming increasingly unsustainable in the face of growing demand for animal welfare services and declining donor support. In this talk, animal welfare experts discuss the challenges of scaling animal welfare organizations and explore innovative solutions to ensure that animal welfare services can be provided to

Animal research ethics and alternatives

Is there a moral obligation to prioritize animal welfare over human well-being in situations where the two conflict; Summary: I'm currently working on a PhD in philosophy looking at the ethics of animal use in scientific research, and I am interested in finding datasets, either just to use as examples to illustrate various philosophical arguments or to use

Improving animal welfare could be seen as increasing the cost of animal products for consumers. How about improving food safety? My own opinion is.

Redesigning Farm Animal Transport Systems for Reduced Stress and Injury

Ethnocentrism - A Brief Presentation

Animal welfare charities' funding strategies

How to measure the effectiveness of animal sanctuaries and rescue groups

Animal welfare in the context of animal agriculture

The ethics of zoos: should humans be keeping wild animals in captivity for the purpose of human entertainment?