It’s awesome that you’re planning to start donating to help animals. Kudos to you!
To be honest, I don’t think anyone can definitively say which charity is the most effective. I think it varies according to some of your underlying values and beliefs.
Just to note some considerations in favour of supporting Wild Animal Initiative: there are *so* many wild animals, and the field is *so* neglected. Wild animals plausibly make up the majority of total sentient experience that exists. But the field receives absolutely tiny amounts of funding. It’s *even more neglected* than farmed animal advocacy, relative to the numbers of animals involved. If you take a long-termist view, it’s really plausible that getting this field up and running could be incredibly valuable.
Thank you for your input. I know it is very uncertain, and I will look more into the wild animal issues. I realize now that my claims about the high happiness of wild animals may have been largely unfounded, and I will do more research on this and the longtermist effects of both sides.
It’s awesome that you’re planning to start donating to help animals. Kudos to you!
To be honest, I don’t think anyone can definitively say which charity is the most effective. I think it varies according to some of your underlying values and beliefs.
Just to note some considerations in favour of supporting Wild Animal Initiative: there are *so* many wild animals, and the field is *so* neglected. Wild animals plausibly make up the majority of total sentient experience that exists. But the field receives absolutely tiny amounts of funding. It’s *even more neglected* than farmed animal advocacy, relative to the numbers of animals involved. If you take a long-termist view, it’s really plausible that getting this field up and running could be incredibly valuable.
Thank you for your input. I know it is very uncertain, and I will look more into the wild animal issues. I realize now that my claims about the high happiness of wild animals may have been largely unfounded, and I will do more research on this and the longtermist effects of both sides.