Animal welfare science provides the empirical foundation for understanding, measuring, and improving the welfare of animals across all human-animal contexts.
Animal welfare science provides the rigorous empirical foundation that distinguishes evidence-based welfare improvement from anthropomorphism or intuition. By developing species-specific validated assessment tools, measuring physiological stress indicators, using cognitive bias tests to reveal subjective states, and conducting controlled enrichment studies, welfare science generates actionable knowledge for improving animal lives across every human-animal context. Supporting animal welfare science funding, applying its findings in policy and practice, and sharing its insights with broader audiences multiplies the welfare benefit of each research advance across the animals whose lives it informs.