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Animal sanctuaries and wildlife rehabilitation centers have a critical role in protecting and preserving animal welfare. However, these organizations face numerous challenges in providing adequate care and resources for the animals in their care. One of the key challenges is the lack of standardization and regulation in the animal care industry, which can lead to inconsistent and
The welfare of animals in the face of environmental degradation
Doing Ops in Animal Welfare FAQ: before you join (2022)
Estimating the cost-effectiveness of animal sanctuary and rehabilitation programs
Should We Prioritize Human Well-being Over Animal Well-being?
The Moral Uncertainty Rabbit Hole, Fully Excavated: Animal Agriculture and Wild Animal Suffering
The Ethics of Human-Animal Emotional Connections
Animal Welfare Research and Policy in the EU Report - Summer 2023
Invasive Species Management through AI-Powered Wildlife Cameras
Saving the last remaining species of a particular animal, a million years from now
Being a factory farm CEO is not quite as bad as it might seem
The Art of Compromise: An Internal Bargaining Approach to Animal Welfare Trade-Offs
Ethics of Humane Killing: Deontological Utilitarianism with Pragmatic Priors
A framework for comparing global animal problems in terms of expected impact
Topic: Potential downsides of using animal "sentience" or "cognition" as a justification for animal welfare policies
Canine Welfare Organizations
Automatically Detecting Wildlife Poachers and Traffickers
EA Animal Welfare Donation Matching Initiative 2022 Retrospective
Harnessing social learning in elephants to help reduce human-wildlife conflict in Africa
Animal Intelligence and Cognitive Development Research
Cognitive biases and their impact on animal welfare
Farmers love their livestock too
Animal Welfare in the Anthropocene Era
Seeking Information on Potential Support for Animal Rescues in LMICs
The Moral Status of Chimpanzees and the Limits of Anthropomorphism
Merging animal welfare and factory farming with AGI safety
Animal Welfare and the Economics of Factory Farming: A Systematic Review
What does animal welfare look like?
Could you live on a diet of insects for a month? Could you live on a diet of only insects for a month, and would it be beneficial for your health? I've had some experience with entomophagy (the practice of eating insects), and I've been curious about the nutritional and environmental implications
Spending money on pets versus giving to animal welfare organizations. If I spend money on pets, why should I also give to animal shelters?.
Is it a good idea to write EA blog posts for skill building and learning more about EA?
Animal testing in the lab: how to reduce animal suffering
Deference to the wild and deference to humans
Animal Agriculture and the Future of Food
Acronyms for Animal Welfare
The ethics of animal testing in the cosmetics industry: how effective could advocacy for a ban on animal testing be?
Animal Welfare under Large-Scale Invasive Species Introductions
Animal Welfare and Effective Altruism
Animal Welfare in the Wild: A Technical Overview
Animal sanctuaries
Are animal research facilities going to be more or less necessary over the next 100 years?
Animal welfare in factory farms and slaughterhouses - to what extent & how did EA indirectly contribute to animal suffering - and what can be efficient ways to improve animal welfare in these settings?
There are no moral objections to the use of animals in scientific research.
A Response to the Idea of "Animal Ethics" as a Field of Study
Animal Welfare Scores data gathering method
Is there a way to improve animal welfare in factory farms by reducing the amount of stress and discomfort that animals experience while being transported to and from slaughter, and if so, what are the best methods for doing so?
Zoo Animal Welfare as a Blind Spot: Are There Long Term Harms in Keeping Elephants, Bears, and Other Large Animals in Captivity for Human Entertainment?
Animal Sentience/Consciousness in Farming Systems
The EA communities that emerged from the Chicxulub crater
What is animal welfare not?
What World Animal Protection Got Wrong (And Where Humane Society Could Improve)
Improving animal welfare through a more effective allocation of resources
Saving Average Utilitarianism from the Problem of Other Minds - Interspecies Indication Assumption cancels speciesist swamping. I think the average utilitarian could use the self-indication assumption to justify their moral view, but they'd have to do it in a way that handles the problem of other minds.
Animal-Friendly Synthetic Biology: A New Frontier for Animal Welfare
Animal welfare and the problem of wild animal suffering
The Trouble with Intrinsic Value in Animal Welfare
Estimating cost-effectiveness of animal shelter interventions
Introducing Myself as an Animal Welfare Advocate
Animal Welfare Organizations Should Invest in Helping Farmers Navigate Advanced Animal Agriculture Technologies.
Better animal welfare policy ideas that wont happen (yet)
Animal suffering is far more pressing than AI safety, so we should be spending at least double on animal welfare than on AI research now.
The Invisible Cage
Raising $2.5M for Animal Welfare Nonprofit in Just Three Months
Animal Welfare in the Context of the Environment; Why Environmental Policies Do Not Last and How to Change That
Animal welfare reforms in countries with historically low enforcement of animal welfare laws could eliminate most animal cruelty and suffering.
Advanced biotechnology could create animals that are significantly more intelligent than their current counterparts, potentially leading to widespread suffering if these animals are treated as commodities rather than sentient beings. Without specific safeguards, the ease of creating and exploiting these animals could lead to a large-scale animal welfare disaster.
Animal Welfare in the Wild
Can animal consciousness safely exist at all?
Human welfare vs. Animal welfare: The ongoing struggle for moral priority
Should animal shelters consider adopting out animals that are aggressive to children?
Animal Welfare in the Lab
Improving animal shelters to increase the chances of recovery from a global pandemic of zoonotic diseases.
Animal Welfare Improvements in Aquaculture
Will we ever run out of new animal species?
The Decline of Chimpanzee Populations
How beneficial have animal sanctuaries been?
Cruelty to animals is a morally reprehensible behavior, but there are many nuances to consider. In many cultures, certain types of animal cruelty are considered acceptable or even necessary, such as slaughtering animals for food. However, this raises questions about the morality of eating meat and the ethics of factory farming.
Animal Welfare Prioritization Process
Should we Maximize the Geometric Expectation of Animal Welfare?.
A critique of animal experimentation
Animal Welfare in Indonesian Animal Trade ~ A Silent Suffering in a Region of Growing Prosperity
What are the best ways to donate to animal shelters and improve their effectiveness?
Considering peoples hidden motives in EA outreach
What are the most effective ways to reduce animal suffering in factory farms and other mass animal production systems, given the impact of current and future technological advancements, and how can effective altruism be applied to this cause? I'd like to discuss this topic in the context of the following: the effectiveness of different interventions,
Long term animal welfare: Evidentialism, cluelessness, and the uncertain future of animal lives
Things I recommend you get for your pets
Animal Welfare and Factory Farming Research Agenda
Americas Animal Welfare Ratio
Animal Welfare: Explain it like I'm 10 Edition
The moral problem of zookeeping.
The ethics of animal factory farms, part 1.
Animal Kingdoms
The Farmer and the Animal (The Noah-Singer Debate)
Animal Welfare in Factory Farms
Believing in the intelligence of animals that we cannot see
Animal Welfare and the Farmed Animal Industry
Animal Welfare In The Modern World: Part 1/4
The increasing risk of extinction of the world's largest land animals due to habitat loss and human conflict.
Why might the future be better for animals?
How I donate 90% of my income to animal welfare in less than 30 minutes a month

Animal sanctuaries and wildlife rehabilitation centers have a critical role in protecting and preserving animal welfare. However, these organizations face numerous challenges in providing adequate care and resources for the animals in their care. One of the key challenges is the lack of standardization and regulation in the animal care industry, which can lead to inconsistent and

The welfare of animals in the face of environmental degradation

Doing Ops in Animal Welfare FAQ: before you join (2022)

Estimating the cost-effectiveness of animal sanctuary and rehabilitation programs

Should We Prioritize Human Well-being Over Animal Well-being?

The Moral Uncertainty Rabbit Hole, Fully Excavated: Animal Agriculture and Wild Animal Suffering

The Ethics of Human-Animal Emotional Connections

Animal Welfare Research and Policy in the EU Report - Summer 2023

Invasive Species Management through AI-Powered Wildlife Cameras

Saving the last remaining species of a particular animal, a million years from now

Being a factory farm CEO is not quite as bad as it might seem

The Art of Compromise: An Internal Bargaining Approach to Animal Welfare Trade-Offs

Ethics of Humane Killing: Deontological Utilitarianism with Pragmatic Priors

A framework for comparing global animal problems in terms of expected impact

Topic: Potential downsides of using animal "sentience" or "cognition" as a justification for animal welfare policies

Canine Welfare Organizations

Automatically Detecting Wildlife Poachers and Traffickers

EA Animal Welfare Donation Matching Initiative 2022 Retrospective

Harnessing social learning in elephants to help reduce human-wildlife conflict in Africa

Animal Intelligence and Cognitive Development Research

Cognitive biases and their impact on animal welfare

Farmers love their livestock too

Animal Welfare in the Anthropocene Era

Seeking Information on Potential Support for Animal Rescues in LMICs

The Moral Status of Chimpanzees and the Limits of Anthropomorphism

Merging animal welfare and factory farming with AGI safety

Animal Welfare and the Economics of Factory Farming: A Systematic Review

What does animal welfare look like?

Could you live on a diet of insects for a month? Could you live on a diet of only insects for a month, and would it be beneficial for your health? I've had some experience with entomophagy (the practice of eating insects), and I've been curious about the nutritional and environmental implications

Spending money on pets versus giving to animal welfare organizations. If I spend money on pets, why should I also give to animal shelters?.

Is it a good idea to write EA blog posts for skill building and learning more about EA?

Animal testing in the lab: how to reduce animal suffering

Deference to the wild and deference to humans

Animal Agriculture and the Future of Food

Acronyms for Animal Welfare

The ethics of animal testing in the cosmetics industry: how effective could advocacy for a ban on animal testing be?

Animal Welfare under Large-Scale Invasive Species Introductions

Animal Welfare and Effective Altruism

Animal Welfare in the Wild: A Technical Overview

Animal sanctuaries

Are animal research facilities going to be more or less necessary over the next 100 years?

Animal welfare in factory farms and slaughterhouses - to what extent & how did EA indirectly contribute to animal suffering - and what can be efficient ways to improve animal welfare in these settings?

There are no moral objections to the use of animals in scientific research.

A Response to the Idea of "Animal Ethics" as a Field of Study

Animal Welfare Scores data gathering method

Is there a way to improve animal welfare in factory farms by reducing the amount of stress and discomfort that animals experience while being transported to and from slaughter, and if so, what are the best methods for doing so?

Zoo Animal Welfare as a Blind Spot: Are There Long Term Harms in Keeping Elephants, Bears, and Other Large Animals in Captivity for Human Entertainment?

Animal Sentience/Consciousness in Farming Systems

The EA communities that emerged from the Chicxulub crater

What is animal welfare not?

What World Animal Protection Got Wrong (And Where Humane Society Could Improve)

Improving animal welfare through a more effective allocation of resources

Saving Average Utilitarianism from the Problem of Other Minds - Interspecies Indication Assumption cancels speciesist swamping. I think the average utilitarian could use the self-indication assumption to justify their moral view, but they'd have to do it in a way that handles the problem of other minds.

Animal-Friendly Synthetic Biology: A New Frontier for Animal Welfare

Animal welfare and the problem of wild animal suffering

The Trouble with Intrinsic Value in Animal Welfare

Estimating cost-effectiveness of animal shelter interventions

Introducing Myself as an Animal Welfare Advocate

Animal Welfare Organizations Should Invest in Helping Farmers Navigate Advanced Animal Agriculture Technologies.

Better animal welfare policy ideas that wont happen (yet)

Animal suffering is far more pressing than AI safety, so we should be spending at least double on animal welfare than on AI research now.

The Invisible Cage

Raising $2.5M for Animal Welfare Nonprofit in Just Three Months

Animal Welfare in the Context of the Environment; Why Environmental Policies Do Not Last and How to Change That

Animal welfare reforms in countries with historically low enforcement of animal welfare laws could eliminate most animal cruelty and suffering.

Advanced biotechnology could create animals that are significantly more intelligent than their current counterparts, potentially leading to widespread suffering if these animals are treated as commodities rather than sentient beings. Without specific safeguards, the ease of creating and exploiting these animals could lead to a large-scale animal welfare disaster.

Animal Welfare in the Wild

Can animal consciousness safely exist at all?

Human welfare vs. Animal welfare: The ongoing struggle for moral priority

Should animal shelters consider adopting out animals that are aggressive to children?

Animal Welfare in the Lab

Improving animal shelters to increase the chances of recovery from a global pandemic of zoonotic diseases.

Animal Welfare Improvements in Aquaculture

Will we ever run out of new animal species?

The Decline of Chimpanzee Populations

How beneficial have animal sanctuaries been?

Cruelty to animals is a morally reprehensible behavior, but there are many nuances to consider. In many cultures, certain types of animal cruelty are considered acceptable or even necessary, such as slaughtering animals for food. However, this raises questions about the morality of eating meat and the ethics of factory farming.

Animal Welfare Prioritization Process

Should we Maximize the Geometric Expectation of Animal Welfare?.

A critique of animal experimentation

Animal Welfare in Indonesian Animal Trade ~ A Silent Suffering in a Region of Growing Prosperity

What are the best ways to donate to animal shelters and improve their effectiveness?

Considering peoples hidden motives in EA outreach

What are the most effective ways to reduce animal suffering in factory farms and other mass animal production systems, given the impact of current and future technological advancements, and how can effective altruism be applied to this cause? I'd like to discuss this topic in the context of the following: the effectiveness of different interventions,

Long term animal welfare: Evidentialism, cluelessness, and the uncertain future of animal lives

Things I recommend you get for your pets

Animal Welfare and Factory Farming Research Agenda

Americas Animal Welfare Ratio

Animal Welfare: Explain it like I'm 10 Edition

The moral problem of zookeeping.

The ethics of animal factory farms, part 1.

Animal Kingdoms

The Farmer and the Animal (The Noah-Singer Debate)

Animal Welfare in Factory Farms

Believing in the intelligence of animals that we cannot see

Animal Welfare and the Farmed Animal Industry

Animal Welfare In The Modern World: Part 1/4

The increasing risk of extinction of the world's largest land animals due to habitat loss and human conflict.

Why might the future be better for animals?

How I donate 90% of my income to animal welfare in less than 30 minutes a month