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Animal Welfare Network Model III: Factory Farming
A Critique of The Animal Welfare Agenda: The Inevitability of Overpopulation
Animal Welfare in the Age of AI-Powered Farming - April 20, 2023, with Leah Garces and Dr. Temple Grandin.
Euthanizing Animals in Shelters
Livestock Vaccination Project 2: Improving livestock health through vaccination and education
Evaluation of Five Short-term Methods for Improving Animal Welfare in Zoos
Animal contact with reality
Cattle farming and the impacts of it on animal welfare
Topic: Less often discussed EA emotional patterns: the impact of speciesism on EA decision-making and action
Intervention Report: Dispensing Free Spay/Neuter Services to Low-Income Pet Owners to Reduce Animal Shelter Intakes and Promote Animal Welfare.
Human-animal comparisons in animal welfare: What do human experiences of neglect and abuse tell us about animal sentience and the treatment of animals in society?
Animal welfare in a post-scarcity world
Animal Welfare in Zoos: Findings of a Decade-Long Investigation
Animal Welfare Philosophers: Utilitarians vs. Deontologists
Factory farming is being phased out in a country and is being replaced by a system where the animals are raised on free-range farms with better conditions. However, the free-range farms are having an unexpected side effect. The animals are becoming more intelligent and social, but are also becoming more aware of their own mortality. This is
Animal sanctuaries may start to prioritize visitor experience over animal welfare. I've heard that some animal sanctuaries are starting to offer luxury accommodations and gourmet meals for visitors, which can raise questions about whether these amenities are necessary or if they're a distraction from the main goal of the sanctuary - to provide a safe
Can animal welfare organizations stay curious?
Why you should NOT support the Humane Society of the United States
The Great Migration and the Abattoir Industry
Do animal shelters really help animals?
Older animals may place less moral value on the social connections of younger animals.
The moral significance of animal sentience
Animal Welfare and the Future of Technology
The focus of the IPCC Assessment Reports has shifted to lower temperatures, and a similar shift in focus could be seen in the conservation status of many endangered species, particularly those in the lower latitudes, which have seen a significant decline in their populations due to climate change.
Animal Welfare Organizations often prioritize the alleviation of suffering over the prevention of future suffering. This is not necessarily because they believe the former is less important than the latter, but rather because it is more tractable. Preventing suffering requires understanding the motivations and decision-making processes of animals, which can be difficult and often impossible.
The ethics of killing animals for scientific research
Are animal sanctuaries the best policy option for protecting endangered species?
Animal Intelligence
Wildlife Poaching
How can effective altruists best prioritize their efforts to reduce animal suffering and promote animal welfare, and what are the key strategies for doing so?
Animal Welfare Donations: Choosing the Right Cause to Support
If we want to improve the welfare of animals in factory farms, the most direct approach is to try to reduce the number of animals in those farms. This might be done by convincing consumers to buy less meat or by promoting plant-based diets. But an alternative approach could be to try to improve the welfare of the animals already
Talking About Animal Welfare at Parties
How to Build a Universal Animal Shelter (in Three Easy Steps)
Should Effective Altrusists Prioritize Funding for Malaria Nets to Save Mosquitoes?
Welfare of farmed animals through AI
The ethics of consuming meat and the implications for animal welfare: Why we sometimes fail to consider the moral cost of our food choices, and what can be done about it.
Animal Welfare in the United States
A taxonomy of animal welfare strategies
The Story of Kato and his Brothers and Sisters.
The Fable of the Sheep-Labrador
Famine, Affluence, and Animal Welfare
The billionaire and the animal sanctuary: animal welfare in the media
Animal Welfare in Meat Production
A Critical Review of the Science Supporting Animal Welfare Priorities
How to be a high impact animal welfare advocate
Conservation4Africa Project #4 - General Intervention Refinement and Cost-Effectiveness (CE) Analysis of Wildlife Corridor Preservation Systems: Final Analysis and Justification of Intervention
The Animal Welfare Problem in Space Exploration: Doug Russell and David Pearce on animal research and space travel (transcript)
Animal Welfare in Factory Farms
Can one animal make a difference?
Can we reduce animal suffering by making all meat and dairy products more expensive?
Measuring and addressing animal welfare in animal agriculture systems
Tracking Animal Welfare Hotspots with AI-Powered Satellite Imagery
Animal intelligence and cognitive biases
The Art of Luring: Anthropic Bait Increases Chances of Endangered Species Extinction
What should my animal sanctuary focus on in the first month of 2023?
Worm Sampling for Early Disease Detection in Livestock
Difference-Making Animal Welfare: An Exploration
Reducing animal suffering through animal shelter donations is simple and effective, thanks to charity evaluators.
Should zoos be abolished due to the confinement and stress of the animals or do they serve a greater purpose in conservation and education?
Animal welfare in factory farms and how to improve it
Climate Change and Animal Migration: Understanding Human Impact on Species Survival
Animal cognition and AI
How to Build and Maintain a Humane and Thriving Wildlife Sanctuary
Animal Welfare As A Default Value In AI Decision-Making Systems
Dual-Use Research of Concern Involving Animals: Balancing Scientific Progress and Animal Welfare
Animal welfare is often neglected in discussions of effective altruism, and it's not uncommon for people to think that donating to animal welfare charities is less effective than donating to human-focused charities. However, there are many high-impact opportunities for donating to animal welfare causes, particularly in areas such as factory farming, wildlife conservation,
Counterarguments to the basic animal cognition case
Maybe you should spay or neuter your pet
Oversharing of animal welfare information
The Case for Animal Personhood
The Importance of Learning Animal Behavior and Welfare for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Enhancing Animal-Human Relationships.
Uninformed consent in animal testing is an outdated concept
What is the impact of factory farming on animal welfare?
The War on Wild Pigs
Animal Welfare and the Efficiency of Collective Action
Animal Welfare, State, and Utopia
Animal Sanctuary Overhaul
Animal Intelligence in the Wild
The Benefits of AI for Animal Welfare
Mirror, Mirror on the Farm: How Do Animal Welfare Organizations Fare by Their Own Call?
Are animals capable of experiencing pleasure?
Animal welfare and the application of the precautionary principle
Animal sentience and moral consideration
Animal welfare standards in the US and EU, past and present, including the history of legislation and regulation, public opinion, and major controversies.
Tethering dogs and horses for extended periods of time is a common practice in animal agriculture, but there are concerns about its impact on animal welfare. Some argue that tethering is a humane way to keep animals in a controlled environment, while others claim that it can be inhumane due to factors such as lack of
Can we develop an effective animal welfare policy for zoos and aquariums that balances the needs of the animals with the educational and entertainment value they provide to humans?
Making Animal Welfare More Effective
Some solutions to animal welfare problems
Animal Welfare Research: history, mistakes, and new focus
The Animal Kingdom's Unlikely Heroes
Should We Prioritize Animal Welfare Over Human Needs?
How to be a more effective wildlife conservationist
Animal Intelligence and Cognition
Animal welfare, AI, pandemics, veganism, speciesism, effective altruism, animal cognition, animal emotions, animal ethics, animal rights, animal welfare science, animal behavior, animal conservation, animal research, animal testing, animal protection. Podcast: Dr. Temple Grandin on animal welfare, AI, pandemics
Animal welfare and the tourism industry: a study of the impact of ecotourism on animal well-being in Africa
Animal studies on animal-facilitated therapy
The Animal Welfare Paradox
Are there any evidence that any method of improving animal welfare can work or is even possible, or are we limited to simply reducing animal suffering by implementing measures to decrease the amount of animal suffering in the world, but not actually improving the quality of animal life?
Animal Welfare and Global Catastrophic Risk

Animal Welfare Network Model III: Factory Farming

A Critique of The Animal Welfare Agenda: The Inevitability of Overpopulation

Animal Welfare in the Age of AI-Powered Farming - April 20, 2023, with Leah Garces and Dr. Temple Grandin.

Euthanizing Animals in Shelters

Livestock Vaccination Project 2: Improving livestock health through vaccination and education

Evaluation of Five Short-term Methods for Improving Animal Welfare in Zoos

Animal contact with reality

Cattle farming and the impacts of it on animal welfare

Topic: Less often discussed EA emotional patterns: the impact of speciesism on EA decision-making and action

Intervention Report: Dispensing Free Spay/Neuter Services to Low-Income Pet Owners to Reduce Animal Shelter Intakes and Promote Animal Welfare.

Human-animal comparisons in animal welfare: What do human experiences of neglect and abuse tell us about animal sentience and the treatment of animals in society?

Animal welfare in a post-scarcity world

Animal Welfare in Zoos: Findings of a Decade-Long Investigation

Animal Welfare Philosophers: Utilitarians vs. Deontologists

Factory farming is being phased out in a country and is being replaced by a system where the animals are raised on free-range farms with better conditions. However, the free-range farms are having an unexpected side effect. The animals are becoming more intelligent and social, but are also becoming more aware of their own mortality. This is

Animal sanctuaries may start to prioritize visitor experience over animal welfare. I've heard that some animal sanctuaries are starting to offer luxury accommodations and gourmet meals for visitors, which can raise questions about whether these amenities are necessary or if they're a distraction from the main goal of the sanctuary - to provide a safe

Can animal welfare organizations stay curious?

Why you should NOT support the Humane Society of the United States

The Great Migration and the Abattoir Industry

Do animal shelters really help animals?

Older animals may place less moral value on the social connections of younger animals.

The moral significance of animal sentience

Animal Welfare and the Future of Technology

The focus of the IPCC Assessment Reports has shifted to lower temperatures, and a similar shift in focus could be seen in the conservation status of many endangered species, particularly those in the lower latitudes, which have seen a significant decline in their populations due to climate change.

Animal Welfare Organizations often prioritize the alleviation of suffering over the prevention of future suffering. This is not necessarily because they believe the former is less important than the latter, but rather because it is more tractable. Preventing suffering requires understanding the motivations and decision-making processes of animals, which can be difficult and often impossible.

The ethics of killing animals for scientific research

Are animal sanctuaries the best policy option for protecting endangered species?

Animal Intelligence

Wildlife Poaching

How can effective altruists best prioritize their efforts to reduce animal suffering and promote animal welfare, and what are the key strategies for doing so?

Animal Welfare Donations: Choosing the Right Cause to Support

If we want to improve the welfare of animals in factory farms, the most direct approach is to try to reduce the number of animals in those farms. This might be done by convincing consumers to buy less meat or by promoting plant-based diets. But an alternative approach could be to try to improve the welfare of the animals already

Talking About Animal Welfare at Parties

How to Build a Universal Animal Shelter (in Three Easy Steps)

Should Effective Altrusists Prioritize Funding for Malaria Nets to Save Mosquitoes?

Welfare of farmed animals through AI

The ethics of consuming meat and the implications for animal welfare: Why we sometimes fail to consider the moral cost of our food choices, and what can be done about it.

Animal Welfare in the United States

A taxonomy of animal welfare strategies

The Story of Kato and his Brothers and Sisters.

The Fable of the Sheep-Labrador

Famine, Affluence, and Animal Welfare

The billionaire and the animal sanctuary: animal welfare in the media

Animal Welfare in Meat Production

A Critical Review of the Science Supporting Animal Welfare Priorities

How to be a high impact animal welfare advocate

Conservation4Africa Project #4 - General Intervention Refinement and Cost-Effectiveness (CE) Analysis of Wildlife Corridor Preservation Systems: Final Analysis and Justification of Intervention

The Animal Welfare Problem in Space Exploration: Doug Russell and David Pearce on animal research and space travel (transcript)

Animal Welfare in Factory Farms

Can one animal make a difference?

Can we reduce animal suffering by making all meat and dairy products more expensive?

Measuring and addressing animal welfare in animal agriculture systems

Tracking Animal Welfare Hotspots with AI-Powered Satellite Imagery

Animal intelligence and cognitive biases

The Art of Luring: Anthropic Bait Increases Chances of Endangered Species Extinction

What should my animal sanctuary focus on in the first month of 2023?

Worm Sampling for Early Disease Detection in Livestock

Difference-Making Animal Welfare: An Exploration

Reducing animal suffering through animal shelter donations is simple and effective, thanks to charity evaluators.

Should zoos be abolished due to the confinement and stress of the animals or do they serve a greater purpose in conservation and education?

Animal welfare in factory farms and how to improve it

Climate Change and Animal Migration: Understanding Human Impact on Species Survival

Animal cognition and AI

How to Build and Maintain a Humane and Thriving Wildlife Sanctuary

Animal Welfare As A Default Value In AI Decision-Making Systems

Dual-Use Research of Concern Involving Animals: Balancing Scientific Progress and Animal Welfare

Animal welfare is often neglected in discussions of effective altruism, and it's not uncommon for people to think that donating to animal welfare charities is less effective than donating to human-focused charities. However, there are many high-impact opportunities for donating to animal welfare causes, particularly in areas such as factory farming, wildlife conservation,

Counterarguments to the basic animal cognition case

Maybe you should spay or neuter your pet

Oversharing of animal welfare information

The Case for Animal Personhood

The Importance of Learning Animal Behavior and Welfare for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Enhancing Animal-Human Relationships.

Uninformed consent in animal testing is an outdated concept

What is the impact of factory farming on animal welfare?

The War on Wild Pigs

Animal Welfare and the Efficiency of Collective Action

Animal Welfare, State, and Utopia

Animal Sanctuary Overhaul

Animal Intelligence in the Wild

The Benefits of AI for Animal Welfare

Mirror, Mirror on the Farm: How Do Animal Welfare Organizations Fare by Their Own Call?

Are animals capable of experiencing pleasure?

Animal welfare and the application of the precautionary principle

Animal sentience and moral consideration

Animal welfare standards in the US and EU, past and present, including the history of legislation and regulation, public opinion, and major controversies.

Tethering dogs and horses for extended periods of time is a common practice in animal agriculture, but there are concerns about its impact on animal welfare. Some argue that tethering is a humane way to keep animals in a controlled environment, while others claim that it can be inhumane due to factors such as lack of

Can we develop an effective animal welfare policy for zoos and aquariums that balances the needs of the animals with the educational and entertainment value they provide to humans?

Making Animal Welfare More Effective

Some solutions to animal welfare problems

Animal Welfare Research: history, mistakes, and new focus

The Animal Kingdom's Unlikely Heroes

Should We Prioritize Animal Welfare Over Human Needs?

How to be a more effective wildlife conservationist

Animal Intelligence and Cognition

Animal welfare, AI, pandemics, veganism, speciesism, effective altruism, animal cognition, animal emotions, animal ethics, animal rights, animal welfare science, animal behavior, animal conservation, animal research, animal testing, animal protection. Podcast: Dr. Temple Grandin on animal welfare, AI, pandemics

Animal welfare and the tourism industry: a study of the impact of ecotourism on animal well-being in Africa

Animal studies on animal-facilitated therapy

The Animal Welfare Paradox

Are there any evidence that any method of improving animal welfare can work or is even possible, or are we limited to simply reducing animal suffering by implementing measures to decrease the amount of animal suffering in the world, but not actually improving the quality of animal life?

Animal Welfare and Global Catastrophic Risk