We recently carried out a survey to study the effect of veg advocacy on people’s support for policies that would address wild animal suffering (WAS). While veg advocacy is intended to change people’s diets and reduce the suffering of farmed animals, … Read more
Research
What Is the Value of Research?
This is the seventh post of our Foundational Questions series. You can read more about this project and see the initial post here.
Summary
We think research should be a high priority of the animal advocacy movement, partly because of the large impact it has in other cause areas such as aid to the global poor. … Read more
How Effective Are Online Ads?
We recently released an evaluation of online ads, the third evaluation to use our intervention evaluation form, a standardized template that provides a consistent, rigorous process for evaluating different ways of helping animals.
Our report includes a short write-up that covers the intervention’s strengths, … Read more
Some Thoughts About Vegan Outreach’s Leaflet Study
Introduction
We’re always excited to see new research on effective animal advocacy, so of course the recent Vegan Outreach leaflet study has caught our attention. The study has many merits. For example, it investigates participants’ self-reported dietary choices, which might contribute to our understanding of how to best help farmed animals. … Read more
The Relationship Between Legal and Social Change
This is the sixth post in our Foundational Questions series. You can learn more about this project and read the other posts here.
Summary
Legal personhood for animals is one of the most exciting goals for the animal protection movement because of its potential far-reaching and long-term impact. … Read more