Investment in farm animal welfare research generates knowledge that translates into welfare improvements for billions of animals.
Farm animal welfare research funding is a leverage point for improving animal lives at enormous scale. A single research finding that validates an enrichment intervention or identifies a welfare-compromising practice — if adopted across an industry — can affect the welfare of hundreds of millions of animals annually. Research that quantifies the welfare cost of specific practices provides the scientific foundation for regulation and certification standards. Investment in farm animal welfare science is among the highest-impact philanthropic opportunities in animal welfare, yet the field receives a small fraction of the research funding that companion animal or wild animal welfare research receives.