The space to find high-quality animal welfare resources
Welcome to the Animal Welfare Library. A site to help you help animals.
Helping Broaden Your Knowledge
The ongoing moral catastrophe demands your attention and action. If you're interested in learning more about Animal Welfare Library, visit our about page. You can also catch a glimpse of some highlights below or go straight to the library.
Some Highlighted Resources
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You can prevent animal suffering. Here's how.
The vast amount of animal suffering in the world can feel overwhelming, but there are several concrete ways to help. In this video, Giving What We Can covers some major causes of animal suffering that even animal lovers often overlook, and discusses some of the best ways you can help animals. (10m)
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Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
Tens of billions of sentient beings, each with complex sensations and emotions, live and die on a production line. Read a great short introduction to the past, present, and future of animal farming by historian and public intellectual Yuval Noah Harari.
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Impactful Animal Advocacy
A centralised platform bringing together a diverse group of animal advocates from across the globe. You can join the slack to start connecting with like-minded people.
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Summary of Evidence for Foundational Questions in Effective Animal Advocacy
In discussions of effective animal advocacy (EAA) — the field of study for how we can most effectively help animals, also known as effective altruism for animals — there are several important, challenging, and sometimes controversial foundational questions that come up time and again. This post attempts to summarise and catalogue key evidence cited by EAA supporters on each side of these debates, for easy reference.
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Food Impacts
People are becoming increasingly aware of the negative impacts of high consumption of meat, dairy and eggs on climate change and the welfare of farm animals. Reducetarian or flexitarian diets aim to replace some of these products with plant-based foods. This tool allows you to set your priorities on these two issues in order to rank the consumption of different animal species according to contributions to climate change and farmed animal suffering.
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Every Argument Against Veganism
In this TEDx, educator and activist Earthling Ed critically discusses the most common arguments against veganism. (19m)
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Invertebrate Sentience Table
A key question is whether invertebrates, like bees and other insects, possess sentience and the capacity for having negative experiences. This page hosts a full-screen version of a table assessing which potentially sentience-relevant features different invertebrate taxa possess.
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The Secret Reason We Eat Meat
Discover The Secret Reason We Eat Meat with social psychologist and author Dr. Melanie Joy, founder of Beyond Carnism. (18m)
Some organisations to be aware of…
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Animal Charity Evaluators
ACE is a nonprofit dedicated to finding and promoting the most effective ways to help animals. Website.
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Rethink Priorities
Rethink Priorities works to identify crucial questions where empirical research could produce trajectory changes in charitable work on animal welfare. Website.
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Wild Animal Suffering
An overview of wild animal suffering, why it matters, and what we can do to help. Website.
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Sentience Institute
Sentience Institute is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary think tank researching long-term social and technological change, particularly digital minds and moral circle expansion. Website.
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Animal Ethics
Animal Ethics promotes respect for nonhuman animals through outreach, research, and education. Website.
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Animal Advocacy Careers
Whether you’re brand new to animal advocacy or are seeking to build on your existing knowledge skillsets, AAC may be able to help you increase your positive impact for animals. Website.
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