Executive summary: Addressing neglectedness in animal advocacy by focusing on “invisible animals” like farmed fish, insects, and liminal animals can substantially improve animal welfare in overlooked areas.
Key points:
Current animal welfare efforts focus mostly on farmed animals, neglecting other groups like farmed aquatic animals, liminal animals, and invertebrates.
Strategies to address neglected animals include focusing on less visible or charismatic species, leveraging scientific evidence of their sentience, and taking advantage of the lack of lobbying against them.
Building coalitions with other advocacy organizations can amplify efforts and increase impact for neglected animal groups.
The “Invisible Animals” campaign in Switzerland targets pigeons, rats, bees, and farmed fish, aiming to improve their welfare through practical measures and raising awareness.
Challenges include the campaign’s limited geographic scope and public antipathy towards certain species, which can be addressed through research on cognitive abilities and expanding advocacy efforts across borders.
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Executive summary: Addressing neglectedness in animal advocacy by focusing on “invisible animals” like farmed fish, insects, and liminal animals can substantially improve animal welfare in overlooked areas.
Key points:
Current animal welfare efforts focus mostly on farmed animals, neglecting other groups like farmed aquatic animals, liminal animals, and invertebrates.
Strategies to address neglected animals include focusing on less visible or charismatic species, leveraging scientific evidence of their sentience, and taking advantage of the lack of lobbying against them.
Building coalitions with other advocacy organizations can amplify efforts and increase impact for neglected animal groups.
The “Invisible Animals” campaign in Switzerland targets pigeons, rats, bees, and farmed fish, aiming to improve their welfare through practical measures and raising awareness.
Challenges include the campaign’s limited geographic scope and public antipathy towards certain species, which can be addressed through research on cognitive abilities and expanding advocacy efforts across borders.
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