Religious traditions across the world address human duties toward animals, with welfare advocates increasingly engaging faith communities as partners in promoting better animal treatment.
Faith traditions represent an underutilised resource for animal welfare advocacy. Many religious teachings on compassion, stewardship, and the duty of care for creation provide theological grounding for welfare concerns. Faith communities reach populations that secular animal welfare advocacy often does not, and institutional faith purchasing power is considerable. Engaging faith leaders and communities in animal welfare conversations, framing welfare in terms of religious values, and working on religious exemption reform for slaughter practices are all productive advocacy strategies.