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Pigeons: Understanding Them, Knowing Their History, and Protecting Them

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Pigeons, liminal animals nesting in urban areas, are often overlooked. Historically, they played critical roles in communication during wars. Today, pigeon population management in France varies, with some cities using cruel methods while others adopt alternatives. PAZ advocates for ethical treatment, raising awareness, and promoting humane practices through campaigns and political action.
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Compassionate Connections: Bridging Companion and Wild Animal Welfare

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In this blog post, we examine the overlooked relationship between companion and wild animals. Emphasizing shared spaces and resources, we advocate for education to bridge communities and wildlife. Donations and social media integration by humane societies can aid in wild animal welfare. This underscores the importance of systemic change and inclusivity in animal welfare. … Read more

Why Establishing Personal Connections Is More Effective for Corporate Campaigns in Africa

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This article will highlight why it is important to consider local contexts when evaluating progress in cage-free corporate campaigns and other animal advocacy work in Africa. The local context here is the unique combinations of social, economic, environmental, cultural, and political dynamics that are peculiar to the African continent at a period in time.  … Read more

Should Animal Organizations Conduct Their Own Research?

by - 9 minute read

Guest post by Harish Sethu
Societal change is complex; an intricate web of economic, cultural and other factors influence individual behaviors and institutional practices. Our instincts, our common sense, and our self-assured rationalizations, however well-meaning, are an overvalued tool to cut through this complexity and discover the approaches most likely to bring about the changes we seek. … Read more

Representation, Equity, and Inclusion in the Animal Rights Movement

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The following article was written by ACE Director of Communications Erika Alonso. The opinions expressed in this article are solely of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ACE.

A few months ago, Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) posted an article about why celebrity endorsements are harmful to the animal rights movement and the importance of treating animal rights as an issue of social justice rather than lifestyle. … Read more

Why Digital Sentience is Relevant to Animal Activists

by - 13 minute read

Guest post by Brian Tomasik
Summary

When aiming to reduce animal suffering, we often focus on the short-term, tangible impacts of our work, but longer-term spillover effects on the far future are also very relevant in expectation. As machine intelligence becomes increasingly dominant in coming decades and centuries, … Read more

Speciesism and Human Rights

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Each year, Blog Action Day organizes bloggers across the world to write on a single topic to raise awareness of an important issue that impacts us all. Last year, the topic was on The Power of We, for which I wrote a short post on how effective altruism magnifies our power to accomplish good. … Read more

Top Animal Charities and Climate Change

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Guest post by Ben West
I argue that EAA’s [now Animal Charity Evaluators] Top Charities are not only efficient at preventing the suffering of animals on farms, but also good candidates among the best charities for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate change presents a difficult challenge, … Read more

Wild Animal Suffering

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Guest post by Anonymous
Wild animals matter too. This is an area often overlooked in calculations about the effectiveness of our actions to reduce suffering. It is an under-researched, under-emphasized issue which may be crucial to evaluate the effectiveness of certain actions we may take, … Read more