Thanks, Aidan. You may well be right about what they are doing, but I think a basic version would take very little time, and still be helpful. They would only need to make one estimation of the DALYs averted per animal-year improved or animal helped for each type of welfare improvement, not one estimation per grant. They could make copies of my sheets for broiler welfare and cage-free campaigns, and for improving shrimp slaughter, although I am sure they could do similar sheets in no time. Then they could have these welfare improvements in mind while making guesses for others for which there is no data on the time in pain.
Thanks, Aidan. You may well be right about what they are doing, but I think a basic version would take very little time, and still be helpful. They would only need to make one estimation of the DALYs averted per animal-year improved or animal helped for each type of welfare improvement, not one estimation per grant. They could make copies of my sheets for broiler welfare and cage-free campaigns, and for improving shrimp slaughter, although I am sure they could do similar sheets in no time. Then they could have these welfare improvements in mind while making guesses for others for which there is no data on the time in pain.