Welfare Science

Animal Welfare Global Future Priorities

Strategic assessment of global animal welfare priorities identifies areas where intervention could generate the greatest welfare improvements for the most animals over the coming decades.

Key Facts

Fish and invertebrate welfare affects the largest numbers of animals with least current protection
Climate change is creating new welfare challenges across wild and farmed species
Global south farm animal welfare is growing in importance as production intensifies
Cellular agriculture could eliminate farmed animal welfare problems at scale if successful
AI and monitoring technology could enable welfare assessment at previously impossible scale

Welfare Considerations

Strategic prioritisation of animal welfare efforts based on scale, intensity, and tractability of welfare problems enables more impactful use of limited resources. Fish welfare, global south farm welfare, and technology-enabled monitoring represent some of the highest-priority frontiers for maximising welfare impact in coming decades.

What You Can Do

Engage with animal welfare strategy and prioritisation research
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Learn about the global scale of animal welfare challenges to inform advocacy priorities