Welfare Science

Animal Welfare and Technology Innovation Future

How emerging technologies including AI, sensors, and biotechnology will transform animal welfare assessment and improvement.

Key Facts

AI-powered video analysis can detect welfare problems invisible to human observers
Precision fermentation may eventually replace conventional animal agriculture
Gene editing could eliminate genetic diseases causing chronic suffering in farm animals
Wearable sensors provide continuous individual animal welfare monitoring
Digital twins of animal physiology may enable welfare prediction and prevention

Welfare Considerations

Technology offers transformative opportunities to both monitor and improve animal welfare, but realising these benefits requires deliberate welfare-focused development and deployment.

What You Can Do

Support research organisations developing welfare-focused animal monitoring technology
Advocate for welfare assessment requirements for new agricultural technologies
Learn about precision fermentation and cultivated meat as long-term welfare solutions