The emerging field of wild animal welfare advocacy is developing organizational infrastructure, research capacity, and advocacy strategies to address the vast scale of suffering in wild animal populations.
Wild animal welfare advocacy faces the challenge of addressing suffering at almost incomprehensible scale while working with limited resources and public awareness. The infrastructure being built by organizations like Wild Animal Initiative represents crucial long-term investment in research capacity that will eventually enable evidence-based interventions. Near-term advocacy focuses on preventing anthropogenic harms to wild animals and building the scientific foundations for eventually addressing natural suffering. Supporting this infrastructure development represents a high-leverage contribution to improving welfare for the largest and most neglected population of sentient beings.