Animal Welfare Science

Animal Welfare Hub: A Comprehensive Resource for Evidence-Based Animal Advocacy

The Animal Welfare Hub provides evidence-based information across companion animal health, farmed animal welfare, wild animal conservation, and aquaculture to help people take effective action for animals.

Key Facts

Welfare Considerations

Animal welfare improvement requires knowledge, motivation, and effective action. This hub aims to provide the first: evidence-based information about what animals experience, what harms them, and what helps. The scale of animal suffering globally is immense — factory farming, wildlife trade, habitat destruction, and aquaculture all affect billions or trillions of individuals. No single person can address all of this, but each person can choose which animals and issues to prioritize, learn what interventions are most effective, and act accordingly. The most impactful approach combines personal choices that reduce direct harm with support for organizations and policies that produce systemic change.

What You Can Do