Farmed animals are extremely neglected. Within animal funding, only 1% goes towards farmed animals, although over 99% of domesticated animals are in factory farms. Animal shelters received 65% of US animal donations in 2015, despite holding less than 1% of animals. Mammals and birds are sentient and can suffer. Fish too can almost certainly suffer—and we kill 1 trillion fish per year. As we also kill trillions of insects every year, we should assume that insects have some level of sentience until proven otherwise.
Faunalytics connects animal advocates with information. Faunalytics publishes independent research and promotes existing research and data for individual advocates through its website’s content library. The Humane League works to improve animal welfare standards through grassroots campaigns, movement building, vegan advocacy, research, and advocacy training, as well as through corporate, media, and community outreach. The Humane League founded the Open Wing Alliance, an international animal advocacy coalition, to end the use of battery cages globally. The Wild Animal Initiative works to strengthen the animal advocacy movement by creating an academic field dedicated to wild animal welfare. They compile literature reviews, write theoretical and opinion articles, and publish research results on their website and in peer-reviewed journals.
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