Global Animal Welfare Future 2027 Priorities

As the animal welfare movement enters 2027, strategic prioritisation across species, sectors and geographies offers the greatest opportunity to reduce total animal suffering globally.

Key Facts

Over 70 billion land animals are farmed annually worldwide, with welfare standards highly variable globally
Aquaculture is the fastest-growing animal production sector, largely without welfare regulation
Antibiotic resistance, climate change and protein transition are reshaping animal production systems
Global south countries have the fastest-growing animal product consumption but weakest welfare infrastructure
Effective altruism-aligned animal welfare giving has grown by over 50% in five years

Welfare Considerations

Strategic prioritisation - scale of suffering, tractability of intervention, neglectedness of the area - enables welfare advocates to have genuine global impact rather than marginal local improvement.

What You Can Do

Support organisations working in high-impact, neglected areas of global animal welfare
Advocate for inclusion of animal welfare provisions in international trade and development agreements
Engage with effective animal advocacy strategy through organisations like Animal Charity Evaluators