Executive summary: The Welfare Footprint Project provides a structured framework for quantifying animal suffering and evaluating welfare interventions, using a “Pain-Track” tool to estimate cumulative time in pain across different species and production systems.
Key points:
The framework breaks down negative experiences into measurable phases and estimates pain intensity using scientific evidence.
A key metric is “Cumulative Pain,” measuring time spent in pain at different intensities.
The method allows comparison of suffering across species, interventions, and production systems.
Case studies show how the framework can evaluate welfare impacts, e.g. piglet castration.
An AI tool (Pain-Track GPT) has been developed to assist in generating welfare impact analyses.
Surprising findings include the concentrated suffering of female breeder animals in production chains.
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Executive summary: The Welfare Footprint Project provides a structured framework for quantifying animal suffering and evaluating welfare interventions, using a “Pain-Track” tool to estimate cumulative time in pain across different species and production systems.
Key points:
The framework breaks down negative experiences into measurable phases and estimates pain intensity using scientific evidence.
A key metric is “Cumulative Pain,” measuring time spent in pain at different intensities.
The method allows comparison of suffering across species, interventions, and production systems.
Case studies show how the framework can evaluate welfare impacts, e.g. piglet castration.
An AI tool (Pain-Track GPT) has been developed to assist in generating welfare impact analyses.
Surprising findings include the concentrated suffering of female breeder animals in production chains.
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