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In­ver­te­brate welfare

TagLast edit: 21 Jun 2024 16:21 UTC by Eevee🔹

Invertebrate welfare is the study of the distribution of sentience across invertebrates, and of interventions aimed at improving the welfare of these animals.

Further reading

Schukraft, Jason (2019) Invertebrate welfare cause profile, Effective Altruism Forum, July 9.

External links

Invertebrate Welfare. A compilation of research on invertebrate welfare.

Related entries

farmed animal welfare | insect welfare | wild animal welfare

In­ver­te­brate Welfare Cause Profile

Jason Schukraft9 Jul 2019 17:28 UTC
118 points
14 comments42 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Welfare Range Estimates

Bob Fischer23 Jan 2023 11:37 UTC
341 points
104 comments16 min readEA link

The scale of di­rect hu­man im­pact on invertebrates

abrahamrowe2 Sep 2020 13:22 UTC
91 points
6 comments13 min readEA link

In­sect her­bivores, life his­tory and wild an­i­mal welfare

kcudding7 Jun 2019 20:52 UTC
52 points
19 comments18 min readEA link

Next Steps in In­ver­te­brate Welfare, Part 3: Un­der­stand­ing At­ti­tudes and Pos­si­bil­ities

Daniela Waldhorn14 Nov 2019 22:07 UTC
41 points
2 comments25 min readEA link

World’s First Oc­to­pus Farm—Linkpost

CatGoddess22 Dec 2021 1:35 UTC
130 points
27 comments1 min readEA link

Man­aged Honey Bee Welfare: Prob­lems and Po­ten­tial Interventions

Jason Schukraft14 Nov 2019 19:03 UTC
76 points
5 comments66 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing Pest Man­age­ment for Wild In­sect Welfare

Wild_Animal_Initiative26 Dec 2019 17:47 UTC
35 points
1 comment41 min readEA link

Next Steps in In­ver­te­brate Welfare, Part 1: Fun­da­men­tal Research

Daniela Waldhorn11 Nov 2019 19:01 UTC
55 points
4 comments22 min readEA link

Global cochineal pro­duc­tion: scale, welfare con­cerns, and po­ten­tial interventions

abrahamrowe11 Feb 2020 21:33 UTC
49 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

In­sects raised for food and feed — global scale, prac­tices, and policy

abrahamrowe29 Jun 2020 13:57 UTC
93 points
13 comments29 min readEA link

Next Steps in In­ver­te­brate Welfare, Part 2: Pos­si­ble Interventions

Daniela Waldhorn14 Nov 2019 0:40 UTC
44 points
6 comments43 min readEA link

Snails used for hu­man con­sump­tion: The case of meat and slime

Daniela Waldhorn6 Feb 2020 17:00 UTC
89 points
8 comments26 min readEA link

Shrimp Welfare − 2020 Recom­mended idea

KarolinaSarek🔸10 Nov 2020 11:46 UTC
38 points
4 comments43 min readEA link

Notes from “Cog­ni­tion, welfare, and the prob­lem of in­ter­species com­par­i­sons”

Barry Grimes16 Nov 2021 9:17 UTC
30 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

Thoughts on the welfare of farmed insects

Max_Carpendale8 May 2019 19:22 UTC
35 points
11 comments8 min readEA link

A Primer for In­sect Sen­tience and Welfare (as of Sept 2023)

Meghan Barrett26 Sep 2023 22:40 UTC
115 points
3 comments8 min readEA link

Re­search sum­mary: The evolu­tion of no­ci­cep­tion in arthropods

abrahamrowe16 Apr 2024 22:26 UTC
59 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

Why we want to start a shrimp welfare char­ity (founders needed)

KarolinaSarek🔸16 Apr 2021 15:57 UTC
59 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

If Adult In­sects Mat­ter, How Much Do Ju­ve­niles Mat­ter?

Bob Fischer6 Feb 2023 13:33 UTC
93 points
11 comments25 min readEA link

Short Re­search Sum­mary: Can in­sects feel pain? A re­view of the neu­ral and be­havi­oural ev­i­dence by Gib­bons et al. 2022

Meghan Barrett22 Nov 2022 16:46 UTC
214 points
21 comments3 min readEA link
(authors.elsevier.com)

Biol­ogy pro­ject in search of first au­thor: imag­ing the brain of pop­u­lar farmed in­sect Black Soldier Fly

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸9 Apr 2021 18:19 UTC
90 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

An­i­mal Ethics work in 2020

Animal_Ethics27 Dec 2020 17:58 UTC
19 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

Small an­i­mals have enor­mous brains for their size

eukaryote13 Feb 2019 5:12 UTC
71 points
7 comments2 min readEA link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

The Promise and Per­ils of In­sect Farming

EA Forum Archives10 May 2021 7:00 UTC
18 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(eepurl.com)

How to save a lob­ster in 1 Hour*

Wes Reisen17 Oct 2023 23:13 UTC
1 point
3 comments1 min readEA link

Two Years of Shrimp Welfare Pro­ject: In­sights and Im­pact from our Ex­plore Phase

Aaron Boddy🔸25 Sep 2023 8:24 UTC
190 points
13 comments17 min readEA link

Scale of the welfare of var­i­ous an­i­mal populations

Vasco Grilo🔸19 Mar 2023 7:10 UTC
58 points
24 comments5 min readEA link

Elec­tric Shrimp Stun­ning: a Po­ten­tial High-Im­pact Dona­tion Opportunity

MHR13 Jul 2023 0:39 UTC
155 points
22 comments10 min readEA link

Bad­ness of eat­ing farmed an­i­mals in terms of smok­ing cigarettes

Vasco Grilo🔸22 Jul 2023 8:45 UTC
26 points
2 comments6 min readEA link

What mat­ters to shrimps? Fac­tors af­fect­ing shrimp welfare in aquaculture

Lucas Lewit-Mendes3 Nov 2022 10:31 UTC
238 points
14 comments23 min readEA link
(www.shrimpwelfareproject.org)

Why Cer­tify? Aquatic Life In­sti­tute’s Im­pact Im­ple­men­ta­tion Via Seafood Certification

Tessa @ ALI7 Nov 2023 3:04 UTC
51 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Brian To­masik on cli­mate change

Vasco Grilo🔸25 Nov 2023 7:39 UTC
43 points
0 comments2 min readEA link
(reducing-suffering.org)

Shrimp paste might cause more an­i­mal deaths than any other food product. Who’s work­ing on this?

Angelina Li30 Oct 2023 21:53 UTC
119 points
22 comments4 min readEA link

Eval­u­at­ing elec­tri­cal stun­ning as a hu­mane slaugh­ter method for de­ca­pod crus­taceans: Les­sons learned when as­sess­ing sensitivity

Group Organizer22 Feb 2024 21:41 UTC
5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Ad­dress­ing Ne­glect­ed­ness in An­i­mal Ad­vo­cacy: Fo­cus on the “In­visi­ble An­i­mals”

Zoe Newton7 Jun 2024 11:05 UTC
15 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Re­search sum­mary: farmed cricket welfare

abrahamrowe6 Mar 2024 22:10 UTC
112 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

Why should I care about in­sects?

JamieGittins18 May 2022 19:37 UTC
88 points
19 comments5 min readEA link

[Question] How much fund­ing do in­ver­te­brate welfare or­ga­ni­za­tions get?

Eevee🔹20 Jun 2024 23:47 UTC
52 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate pain and suffer­ing: What do anal­gesic stud­ies tell us?

Timothy Chan22 Sep 2021 16:52 UTC
32 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

Is RP’s Mo­ral Weights Pro­ject too an­i­mal friendly? Four crit­i­cal junctures

NickLaing11 Oct 2024 12:03 UTC
152 points
56 comments5 min readEA link

Silk pro­duc­tion: global scale and an­i­mal welfare is­sues

abrahamrowe20 Apr 2021 1:38 UTC
75 points
9 comments16 min readEA link

The scale of an­i­mal agriculture

MichaelStJules16 May 2024 4:01 UTC
49 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

De­sire-Fulfil­ment and Con­scious­ness (An­dreas Mo­gensen)

Global Priorities Institute29 Oct 2024 17:00 UTC
25 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Sup­port Crit­i­cal Re­search on In­sect Welfare

Bob Fischer13 Nov 2024 21:10 UTC
71 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Fun­der Op­por­tu­nity: Aquatic An­i­mal Fund­ing Circle

Zoë Sigle13 Nov 2024 22:17 UTC
37 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Pre­sent­ing: 2021 In­cu­bated Char­i­ties (Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship)

Joey 🔸7 Oct 2021 11:06 UTC
135 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

Ja­son Schukraft: Mo­ral stand­ing and cause pri­ori­ti­za­tion

EA Global24 Oct 2020 19:56 UTC
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Pre-slaugh­ter mor­tal­ity of farmed shrimp

Hannah McKay🔸12 Mar 2024 13:57 UTC
71 points
4 comments18 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Shel­ley Adamo about in­ver­te­brate consciousness

Max_Carpendale21 Jun 2019 14:40 UTC
37 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

[Question] Is im­prov­ing the welfare of arthro­pods and ne­ma­todes un­der­rated?

Vasco Grilo🔸8 Nov 2022 10:26 UTC
37 points
11 comments1 min readEA link

Re­search sum­mary: brain cell counts in Black Soldier Flies (Her­me­tia illu­cens; Diptera: Stra­tiomy­i­dae)

Rethink Priorities15 Aug 2022 23:44 UTC
67 points
2 comments14 min readEA link
(www.sciencedirect.com)

Fea­tures Rele­vant to In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience, Part 3

Jason Schukraft12 Jun 2019 14:49 UTC
27 points
7 comments28 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate sen­tience: A re­view of the neu­ro­scien­tific literature

JamieGittins30 Jul 2019 15:55 UTC
44 points
1 comment22 min readEA link

Where can I donate to sup­port in­sect welfare?

nonzerosum31 Dec 2017 1:40 UTC
8 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

Why I’m fo­cus­ing on in­ver­te­brate sentience

Max_Carpendale8 Dec 2018 19:24 UTC
56 points
24 comments6 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience Table

Daniela Waldhorn14 Jun 2019 15:57 UTC
89 points
22 comments3 min readEA link

Hu­mane in­sec­ti­cides − 4 month update

rafa_fanboy21 Feb 2019 23:12 UTC
11 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Killing the ants

Joe_Carlsmith7 Feb 2021 23:16 UTC
228 points
18 comments8 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Michael Tye about in­ver­te­brate consciousness

Max_Carpendale8 Aug 2019 10:13 UTC
32 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience: Sum­mary of find­ings, Part 1

Daniela Waldhorn14 Jun 2019 17:35 UTC
49 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

Fea­tures Rele­vant to In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience, Part 2

Jason Schukraft11 Jun 2019 15:23 UTC
25 points
12 comments25 min readEA link

Ni­cole Rawl­ing, Nick Rousseau, and Kyle Fish: What role might in­sects play as part of the fu­ture of food?

EA Global5 Apr 2019 15:31 UTC
9 points
0 comments26 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Oc­to­puses (Prob­a­bly) Don’t Have Nine Minds

Bob Fischer12 Dec 2022 11:59 UTC
94 points
19 comments10 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience: Sum­mary of find­ings, Part 2

Daniela Waldhorn14 Jun 2019 21:19 UTC
71 points
3 comments44 min readEA link

Opinion: Es­ti­mat­ing In­ver­te­brate Sentience

Jason Schukraft7 Nov 2019 2:38 UTC
134 points
36 comments23 min readEA link

Brian To­masik – The Im­por­tance of Wild-An­i­mal Suffering

Babel8 Jul 2009 12:42 UTC
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(longtermrisk.org)

Fea­tures Rele­vant to In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience, Part 1

Jason Schukraft10 Jun 2019 18:00 UTC
50 points
2 comments26 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Jon Mal­latt about in­ver­te­brate consciousness

Max_Carpendale28 Apr 2019 17:52 UTC
83 points
10 comments11 min readEA link

Hu­mane Pes­ti­cides as the Most Marginally Effec­tive Cause

JeffMJordan22 Sep 2015 6:35 UTC
26 points
20 comments10 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience: A Use­ful Em­piri­cal Resource

Jason Schukraft12 Jun 2019 1:15 UTC
89 points
4 comments32 min readEA link

The Welfare Range Table

Bob Fischer7 Nov 2022 10:19 UTC
365 points
17 comments8 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the Launch of the In­sect Institute

Dustin Crummett22 Feb 2023 19:32 UTC
220 points
22 comments1 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Welfare in Science

Andrew Crump19 Feb 2024 10:54 UTC
22 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

What hurts shrimp the most? (Quan­tify­ing and pri­ori­tiz­ing shrimp welfare threats)

Hannah McKay🔸13 Jun 2024 9:53 UTC
93 points
4 comments17 min readEA link

My fa­vorite ar­ti­cles by Brian To­masik and what they are about

Timothy Chan24 Feb 2024 18:10 UTC
76 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Im­par­tial­ist Sen­tien­tism and Ex­is­ten­tial Anx­iety about Mo­ral Cir­cle Explosion

Rafael Ruiz22 Jun 2024 19:53 UTC
90 points
14 comments26 min readEA link

Welfare con­sid­er­a­tions for farmed shrimp

Rethink Priorities14 Dec 2023 17:55 UTC
106 points
8 comments54 min readEA link

Only mam­mals and birds are sen­tient, ac­cord­ing to neu­ro­scien­tist Nick Humphrey’s the­ory of con­scious­ness, re­cently ex­plained in “Sen­tience: The in­ven­tion of con­scious­ness”

ben.smith27 Dec 2023 6:18 UTC
61 points
37 comments9 min readEA link

Call for Ex­pres­sions of In­ter­est: NYU Wild An­i­mal Welfare Summit

Sofia_Fogel10 Jan 2024 4:42 UTC
48 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

Shrimp Paste and An­i­mal Welfare

Aaron Boddy🔸8 May 2024 14:01 UTC
95 points
3 comments23 min readEA link