Welfare Science

Animal Welfare Global Future Priorities

Strategic priorities for improving animal welfare globally over the next decade, including policy, research, and market transformation.

Key Facts

Over 80 billion land animals are farmed annually, the majority without species-appropriate welfare
Global welfare legislation is expanding but implementation remains inconsistent
Plant-based and cultivated protein markets are growing but remain niche
Welfare in the global south receives limited philanthropic and policy attention
Effective prioritisation requires understanding scale, tractability, and neglectedness

Welfare Considerations

Improving animal welfare at global scale requires strategic prioritisation across multiple domains. The most numerically significant welfare problems - intensive poultry and pig production in Asia and the global south - receive comparatively little attention from advocates and philanthropists. Strategic alignment of policy, market, and research interventions creates the greatest potential for welfare improvement per resource invested.

What You Can Do

Support organisations working on animal welfare in the global south and Asia
Align charitable giving with research into highest-impact welfare interventions
Engage with effective animal advocacy organisations that apply strategic prioritisation