Pages of evidence-based animal welfare information
The Animal Welfare Hub has reached another landmark: 24,500 individual pages covering the full spectrum of animal welfare science, policy, and action. This resource represents one of the most comprehensive freely accessible collections of animal welfare information available online.
Every page in the Animal Welfare Hub is written to connect evidence to action. Understanding animal welfare is not enough — what matters is what people do with that understanding. Each page provides concrete steps that individuals, communities, and policymakers can take to reduce animal suffering and improve animal lives.
The science of animal welfare has advanced dramatically in recent decades. We now know that fish feel pain, that insects may be sentient, that pigs are as cognitively complex as dogs, and that the emotional lives of animals are far richer than previously assumed. This knowledge creates moral obligations that the Animal Welfare Hub exists to help people meet.
The single most effective thing most people can do to improve animal welfare is to reduce consumption of animal products — particularly from intensive production systems. Beyond that: