Watch the first module of our video course about wild animal suffering
We’ve released the entire first module of our video course on wild animal suffering. It covers the situation of animals in the wild as individuals, and ways of helping them. Read more
Our texts about wild animal suffering, now available in audio
We are excited to announce that we have just released the audio versions of every text in the wild animal suffering section of our website. This is following our major update and expansion of this section. Read more
Fire season in Australia: wild animal suffering and response
This post expands on our previous work on how wild animals suffer in forest fires. It also addresses policies that could alleviate the future suffering of wild animals in fire events. Read more
Helping wild animals through vaccination: could this happen for coronaviruses like SARS-CoV-2?
The extent to which some animals can suffer from different diseases has become prominent due to the present COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Co-hosted spring meetup about how to best help wild animals
We will continue to collaborate with other organizations that are concerned about wild animals, in order to find the best ways to coordinate our efforts and improve our effectiveness. Read more
Introduction to wild animal suffering: A guide to the issues
This is a companion text to our online video course to acquaint readers with the basic ideas about what wild animal suffering is, why it matters, and what can be done about it.
Surveying attitudes towards helping wild animals among scientists and students
This study consisted of a survey where we asked hundreds of students and scholars about their attitudes toward different ways of helping wild animals Read more
Announcing the first video of an online course on wild animal suffering
This first video gives an overview of the topics that will be covered. Starting next month, we will be regularly publishing the course videos. Read more
Scientists’ attitudes towards improving the welfare of animals in the wild: a qualitative study
Animal Ethics has carried out a qualitative study to assess the attitudes of life scientists towards helping wild animals. Read more
Helping wild animals in Australia
Fires have been raging in many parts of Australia for several months now. This has been the worst wildfire season in recent memory in Australia. This posts presents some ways in which animals have been harmed and helped. Read more
Animal Ethics starts working in India
Animal Ethics has started to work in India, beginning with a series of talks at universities about speciesism, the moral consideration of animals, and concern for wild animal suffering. Read more
Animal Ethics’s 2020 activities plan
The accumulated work and experience of previous years has made it possible for us to expect that in 2020 the impact of our work will be much greater than ever before. Read more
Animal Ethics work in 2019
In 2019, at Animal Ethics we increased our work significantly, by promoting and carrying out research in welfare biology and doing capacity building work about wild animal suffering. We also expanded internationally. Read more
Remembering Priscilla Cohn’s work for wild animals
Priscilla Cohn was Professor of Philosophy at Pennsylvania State University. She did pioneering work focused in the defense of wild animals and supporting contraception for wild animals Read more
Major updates to our section on helping animals living in the wild
We have recently expanded with new texts and contents our website section about helping animals living in the wild and the reasons why wild animal suffering is an important problem. Read more
Introduction to urban welfare ecology research
Urban welfare ecology is the study of wild animals who live in urban, suburban, and industrial environments with a focus on the wellbeing of the animals as individuals, rather than as populations. Read more
We have expanded our work on the situation of animals in the wild
We are happy to announce that we have updated the situation of animals in the wild section on our website. This is not a minor update… Read more
New work on antagonism in nature and wild animal suffering
In recent months, we have been expanding the pages in our website section on the situation of animals in the wild. As part of that effort, we increased our coverage of the topic of antagonism in nature. Read more
Animal Ethics is funding a study of the effects of fires on animals in the wild at the Autonomous University of Madrid
Research on the ways animals are harmed by fires in the wild puts us in a much better position to help them. Read more
A library of scientific references relevant to welfare biology
This library of scientific references is a resource for those who want to carry out research in welfare biology, a proposed field of study at the intersection of the sciences of animal welfare and ecology. Read more