Animal welfare improvement at scale requires networks of advocates, professionals, researchers, and citizens working together; building and maintaining these networks accelerates change.
Animal welfare change at the scale needed to address the suffering of billions of animals requires coordinated action across multiple networks simultaneously. Professional networks set standards, publish evidence, and develop tools. Advocacy networks apply political and market pressure. Farmer networks demonstrate feasibility and share best practice. Consumer networks signal market demand and create accountability. Research networks generate and synthesise evidence. These networks are interconnected and mutually reinforcing: evidence generated by research networks is applied by professional networks, adopted by farmer networks, communicated by advocacy networks, and demanded by consumer networks. Building and strengthening all of these networks simultaneously is the most comprehensive strategy for lasting welfare improvement.