Welfare Science

Pig Welfare and Welfare and Measuring Progress 2026

Measuring welfare progress is essential for demonstrating impact, guiding strategy, and maintaining advocacy momentum.

Key Facts

Animal welfare progress metrics include number of animals affected, welfare score improvements, and policy changes
Corporate commitment tracking by NGOs enables real-time monitoring of industry welfare progress
Academic welfare indices like Welfare Quality provide standardised cross-farm comparison
Consumer welfare awareness surveys track the cultural dimension of welfare progress
Welfare advocacy return on investment analysis guides resource allocation decisions

Welfare Considerations

Measuring progress is not bureaucracy but advocacy intelligence. Understanding what is working and what is not enables continuous improvement in welfare strategy and impact.

What You Can Do

Support organisations that invest in rigorous welfare progress measurement
Use welfare progress data in your advocacy communications
Advocate for standardised welfare progress metrics across the animal welfare sector