To allow our readers to quickly compare our recommended charities, we’ve produced a chart that provides key information about each of our Top and Standout Charities. This is intended to give you a sense of what our recommended charities do, what makes them so promising, … Read more
Some Thoughts About Building Alliances With the Environmental Movement
Interventions aimed at advancing the goals of a particular social movement can affect other social movements in different ways. When it comes to interventions aimed at transforming animal agriculture systems and influencing dietary changes, promoting silvopastoral systems and plant-based diets might help build alliances between the farmed animal advocacy and environmental movements. … Read more
The Process Leading to Our 2019 Recommendations
This post provides a brief discussion of the specific process that led to our 2019 charity recommendations. For a more detailed description of the process, please see our 2019 Evaluation Process page. For a general description of the process, please read our Evaluating Charities page. … Read more
Why is Welfare Biology Important?
The issue of wild animal suffering has been highly neglected by society at large, including the scientific community. In this post Maria Salazar argues that fostering the formation of welfare biology as an academic field could be a promising strategy to help wild animals. She explores the potential benefits and challenges of creating this new academic discipline. … Read more