The Nonlinear Library EA - Resources for farmed animal advocacy: 2023 roundup by SofiaBalderson
Dec 29, 2023
10:47
Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Resources for farmed animal advocacy: 2023 roundup, published by SofiaBalderson on December 29, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum.
Tl;dr - This is a curated and useful list of farmed animal advocacy 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 others in the EA community.
There is is not a comprehensive collection of all resources, but if we missed any that you found significant from 2023, feel free to add as a comment.
Enjoy and here is to even more impact for the animals in 2024!
Acknowledgements: thanks so much to our Comms Lead Allison Agnello for this edition, as well as our readers, who viewed this newsletter 20,000 times in 2023!
Themes
Over the past 12 months of curating Impactful Animal Advocacy (IAA) newsletters, we've noticed several trends. Here are two that are prominent in our collection of 2023 resources:
Movement infrastructure
In the animal advocacy movement's growth this year, we've seen an increase in services provided directly to animal advocates or organizations. There has been so many new initiatives that we developed a
Meta resources wiki to keep track of them all! This expansion reflects a recognition of the diverse needs within the community and how projects can benefit from support and area specialization. Here are a few categories of increased infrastructure:
New meta organizations (
The Mission Motor,
NFPs.AI,
us!)
Advocate training courses (
See section below)
Supporting groups in developing countries (
Animal Advocacy Africa,
Good Growth,
Thrive)
Refining how we measure and compare across species
Given the large number of possible ways to help animals, selecting the most impactful approach can be challenging. This year, we've witnessed a increase in research accessibility and applicability for advocates. This is not just about providing information - it's about helping us integrate this knowledge into practical strategies. As a result, advocates may be better equipped to make informed decisions on where to focus their efforts across different species and geographic regions.
How one might compare welfare across species (
Moral Weight Project sequence)
How much pain do different species endure (
Welfare Footprint Project) - watch the recording of the workshop we hosted for them
here
How bad is brief, severe pains versus chronic, milder pains (
Dimensions of Pain)
How many animals are impacted, and where (
Our World in Data)
Updates we found helpful
So much has happened this year. Here are a few articles to catch you up
Looking back at 2023
The Year in Review: 2023, Sentient Media
Top animal policy stories of 2023, Sentient Media
A year of wins for farmed animals, Lewis Bollard
Top 20 Alt-Protein Stories of the Year, Green Queen
AgFunderNews' favorite agrifoodtech stories of 2023
2023 Future Perfect 50
recognizes 9 animal advocate changemakers
Some lessons learned
Running Cage-Free Projects in Africa: Case Studies of Three African Animal Advocacy Organisations
Abolishing factory farming in Switzerland: Postmortem
2 Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase
Historical farmed animal welfare ballot initiatives
Animal Rising's Grand National protest: Public opinion impacts
Stakeholder-engaged research in emerging markets
Fish Welfare Initiative's continued work in India and
pausing work in China
Resources
Getting started
New animal subgroups resources:
Faunalytics Fundamentals: a series of topic overviews and resources, such as on
farmed animals,
wildlife,
invertebrates, etc
Wild Animals Wiki and
a review of contraception methods for wild mammals
A Primer on insect sentience and welfare
Shrimp Welfare Sequence, Rethink Priorities
Find a job:
Animal Advocacy Careers,
Tälist and
Alt Protein Careers j...
Tl;dr - This is a curated and useful list of farmed animal advocacy 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 others in the EA community.
There is is not a comprehensive collection of all resources, but if we missed any that you found significant from 2023, feel free to add as a comment.
Enjoy and here is to even more impact for the animals in 2024!
Acknowledgements: thanks so much to our Comms Lead Allison Agnello for this edition, as well as our readers, who viewed this newsletter 20,000 times in 2023!
Themes
Over the past 12 months of curating Impactful Animal Advocacy (IAA) newsletters, we've noticed several trends. Here are two that are prominent in our collection of 2023 resources:
Movement infrastructure
In the animal advocacy movement's growth this year, we've seen an increase in services provided directly to animal advocates or organizations. There has been so many new initiatives that we developed a
Meta resources wiki to keep track of them all! This expansion reflects a recognition of the diverse needs within the community and how projects can benefit from support and area specialization. Here are a few categories of increased infrastructure:
New meta organizations (
The Mission Motor,
NFPs.AI,
us!)
Advocate training courses (
See section below)
Supporting groups in developing countries (
Animal Advocacy Africa,
Good Growth,
Thrive)
Refining how we measure and compare across species
Given the large number of possible ways to help animals, selecting the most impactful approach can be challenging. This year, we've witnessed a increase in research accessibility and applicability for advocates. This is not just about providing information - it's about helping us integrate this knowledge into practical strategies. As a result, advocates may be better equipped to make informed decisions on where to focus their efforts across different species and geographic regions.
How one might compare welfare across species (
Moral Weight Project sequence)
How much pain do different species endure (
Welfare Footprint Project) - watch the recording of the workshop we hosted for them
here
How bad is brief, severe pains versus chronic, milder pains (
Dimensions of Pain)
How many animals are impacted, and where (
Our World in Data)
Updates we found helpful
So much has happened this year. Here are a few articles to catch you up
Looking back at 2023
The Year in Review: 2023, Sentient Media
Top animal policy stories of 2023, Sentient Media
A year of wins for farmed animals, Lewis Bollard
Top 20 Alt-Protein Stories of the Year, Green Queen
AgFunderNews' favorite agrifoodtech stories of 2023
2023 Future Perfect 50
recognizes 9 animal advocate changemakers
Some lessons learned
Running Cage-Free Projects in Africa: Case Studies of Three African Animal Advocacy Organisations
Abolishing factory farming in Switzerland: Postmortem
2 Years of Shrimp Welfare Project: Insights and Impact from our Explore Phase
Historical farmed animal welfare ballot initiatives
Animal Rising's Grand National protest: Public opinion impacts
Stakeholder-engaged research in emerging markets
Fish Welfare Initiative's continued work in India and
pausing work in China
Resources
Getting started
New animal subgroups resources:
Faunalytics Fundamentals: a series of topic overviews and resources, such as on
farmed animals,
wildlife,
invertebrates, etc
Wild Animals Wiki and
a review of contraception methods for wild mammals
A Primer on insect sentience and welfare
Shrimp Welfare Sequence, Rethink Priorities
Find a job:
Animal Advocacy Careers,
Tälist and
Alt Protein Careers j...