Sentences with phrase «farm animal advocacy»

For Cody Carlson, that realization came after two years as an undercover investigator — first for Mercy For Animals, an international farm animal advocacy nonprofit, and later for The HSUS.

HSI's unique approach to farm animal advocacy means we are not only calling for the improved treatment of animals, but actually working to make better welfare a reality by helping food companies and their egg and meat suppliers implement cage - free egg and crate - free pork policies.

«We think helping farmed animals is the animal cause that currently offers the most promising blend of scale, tractability, and neglectedness -LSB-...] For the casual funder who wants a cause to support where the average organization will be helping many animals, farm animal advocacy is, in our opinion, the best match.

There are plans to have educational events starting in late 2016 for San Diegans and anyone who wants to learn about farm animal advocacy.

Even with these omissions, this estimate is 100 - 1000 times higher than our estimates for the numbers of animals affected by advocacy for companion or lab animals, suggesting that farm animal advocacy is the most important cause of the three — at least in terms of the number of animals involved.

Most of these organizations do substantial work on farm animal advocacy.

Therefore, we expect that, until wild animal advocacy from a perspective close to ours is more developed generally, we will do the most good by focusing on the farm animal cause, including directing general animal advocates to that cause, identifying especially good opportunities within that cause, and advising donors and organizations working within farm animal advocacy.

We do very limited work on advocacy around other specific animal issues such as use of animals in laboratories and companion animal homelessness, because we think good opportunities to help animals are much easier to find in the area of farm animal advocacy (and additionally the less popular area of wild animal suffering).104 The work we do in these areas serves mainly to check our assumptions about the scale, tractability, and neglectedness of various causes.

For the casual funder who wants a cause to support where the average organization will be helping many animals, farm animal advocacy is, in our opinion, the best match.

Interventions should be implemented by at least one animal advocacy group working in a high - potential - impact area (for instance, farm animal advocacy or wild animal suffering) to be considered.

We would also expect other farm animal advocacy groups to be more similar in effectiveness to our top charities than to animal shelters, since much of the difference in effectiveness is due to the type of programs organizations run, rather than to unique organizational characteristics

In our survey of the animal charity field, we found that laboratory animal groups received less funding than farm animal advocacy groups and far less funding than companion animal advocacy groups.

We think most people who work on farm animal advocacy would agree with this claim based on their personal experiences interacting with the public.

On the panel, he will talk about some of the big questions that are faced by the farmed animal advocacy movement, such as whether it is best to focus on changing individual consumption, institutions, or social norms.

Will this bring more resources, contacts and respectability to the organization and the whole farmed animal advocacy movement?

We believe that Open Cages works in a relatively neglected area of animal advocacy, as there appear to be few other organizations in Poland pursuing programs similar to theirs, especially in the area of farmed animal advocacy.143, 144 They have also helped several other organizations work in Poland, such as ProVeg and the Albert Schweitzer Foundation, whom they have given advice on strategy, legal issues, and recruiting.145 They believe they will be able to coordinate corporate campaigns with the Albert Schweitzer Foundation in the future, and are currently in contact with them about this.146 They have also been coordinating their fur campaign with the organization Viva!

«[A] ll else equal, the sooner we expect there to be substantial decreases in the number of farmed animals, the more interested we become in causes other than farmed animal advocacy.

For instance, they organized the Conference on Animal Rights in Europe (CARE), which they tell us was the first effective farmed animal advocacy conference in Eastern Europe.

We don't consider it «wrong» to spend some amount of time engaged in activities that could help develop your connection with animals and encourage further contributions to areas like farmed animal advocacy.

Not exact matches

Her advocacy for animal welfare is a driving force behind Lerner's most recent venture, an organic, sustainable farm in Upperville, Virg.

They also have a farm animal welfare program that aims to improve the treatment of farm animals through education and advocacy.

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In addition to providing sanctuary farmed animals, Animal Place serves as an education and advocacy center.

We think they have relatively weak secondary effects, such as building the animal advocacy movement and increasing the likelihood of a major social shift away from factory farming.

How can the effectiveness of animal charities best be measured, and how do traditional targets of animal advocacy — such as farmed animals — compare with other potential targets such as wild animal suffering?

We think online ads have relatively weak secondary effects, such as building the animal advocacy movement and increasing the likelihood of a major social shift away from factory farming.

We provided funding for three projects relevant to specific animal advocacy interventions, namely, a humane education field experiment, an experiment testing the effects of real and virtual contact with farmed animals, and a series of focus groups and survey experiments to understand consumer attitudes towards and willingness - to - pay for cultured meat.

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Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet Animals used on farms make up the majority of those raised and used by humans, with an estimated 33 billion land animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals alive at any given time.18 This estimate is more exact than any other we will consider, since governments conduct counts of livestock in order to understand and regulate local economies.19 However, this is a somewhat similar undercounting to what we saw for lab animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals: fish and shellfish are not counted, and in some areas they are raised for consumption in large numbers.20 The estimates also neglect other animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals used for food, such as wild fish or commonly hunted land animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals, although these animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals may be affected by some of the advocacy aimed at helping farmed animals through promoting diet animals through promoting diet change.

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A: The Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation is a 501 (c)(4) nonprofit organization promoting the humane treatment of companion animals, farm animals, and wildlife through legislation, advocacy and education.

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Adds Stacey Coleman, executive director of Animal Farm Foundation, a pit bull rescue and advocacy organization based in New York state, «Even if you're not a dog owner, you should really be outraged and concerned by this particular ruling, because it shows... the court's willingness to prejudge.

Chapter members visited and volunteered at Kindred Spirits, an animal sanctuary that is «dedicated to ending the abuse and suffering of farm [ed] animals through direct rescue, advocacy and education.»

We have a long way to go in creating humane conditions for farm animals and ending the horrors of laboratory life, yet every animal advocacy victory is a celebration for those whose lives are made better.

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Modern American environmentalism shares two unusual characteristics with the animal advocacy movement: a need for allies to speak on behalf of those who lack political power of their own (ecosystems, farmed animals) and a strong focus on consumer change (recycling, veganism).

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A globally - recognized authority on animal advocacy, factory farming, vegetarian diets, and applied ethics, Matt has presented at and written for many forums over the past two decades.

For this reason, estimates of when cultured alternatives1 will be available at similar prices to farmed animal products meaningfully affect the prioritization of animal advocacy interventions.

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In the best - case scenario, undercover investigations can lead to immediate changes through corporate or legal policy change and consumers reducing their consumption of animal products, as well as contribute to long - term outcomes by growing the animal advocacy movement and increasing public concern for farm animal issues.