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In­ver­te­brate welfare

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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 SchukraftJul 9, 2019, 5:28 PM
118 points
14 comments42 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties’ Welfare Range Estimates

Bob FischerJan 23, 2023, 11:37 AM
351 points
125 comments16 min readEA link

In­sect her­bivores, life his­tory and wild an­i­mal welfare

kcuddingJun 7, 2019, 8:52 PM
52 points
19 comments18 min readEA link

The scale of di­rect hu­man im­pact on invertebrates

abrahamroweSep 2, 2020, 1:22 PM
99 points
6 comments13 min readEA link

Shrimp Welfare − 2020 Recom­mended idea

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

Man­aged Honey Bee Welfare: Prob­lems and Po­ten­tial Interventions

Jason SchukraftNov 14, 2019, 7:03 PM
77 points
5 comments66 min readEA link

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

abrahamroweJun 29, 2020, 1:57 PM
95 points
13 comments29 min readEA link

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

abrahamroweFeb 11, 2020, 9:33 PM
49 points
3 comments12 min readEA link

Im­prov­ing Pest Man­age­ment for Wild In­sect Welfare

Wild_Animal_InitiativeDec 26, 2019, 5:47 PM
35 points
1 comment41 min readEA link

Next Steps in In­ver­te­brate Welfare, Part 1: Fun­da­men­tal Research

Daniela WaldhornNov 11, 2019, 7:01 PM
55 points
4 comments22 min readEA link

World’s First Oc­to­pus Farm—Linkpost

CatGoddessDec 22, 2021, 1:35 AM
130 points
27 comments1 min readEA link

Thoughts on the welfare of farmed insects

Max_CarpendaleMay 8, 2019, 7:22 PM
35 points
11 comments8 min readEA link

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

Barry GrimesNov 16, 2021, 9:17 AM
30 points
0 comments11 min readEA link

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

Daniela WaldhornNov 14, 2019, 10:07 PM
41 points
2 comments25 min readEA link

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

Daniela WaldhornFeb 6, 2020, 5:00 PM
89 points
8 comments26 min readEA link

Next Steps in In­ver­te­brate Welfare, Part 2: Pos­si­ble Interventions

Daniela WaldhornNov 14, 2019, 12:40 AM
44 points
6 comments43 min readEA link

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

Meghan BarrettSep 26, 2023, 10:40 PM
115 points
3 comments8 min readEA link

Re­search sum­mary: The evolu­tion of no­ci­cep­tion in arthropods

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59 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

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

KarolinaSarek🔸Apr 16, 2021, 3:57 PM
60 points
3 comments5 min readEA link

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

Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸Apr 9, 2021, 6:19 PM
90 points
0 comments4 min readEA link

If Adult In­sects Mat­ter, How Much Do Ju­ve­niles Mat­ter?

Bob FischerFeb 6, 2023, 1:33 PM
93 points
11 comments25 min readEA link

An­i­mal Ethics work in 2020

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19 points
0 comments8 min readEA link

In­sec­ti­cide-treated nets sig­nifi­cantly harm mosquitoes, but one can eas­ily offset this?

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28 points
41 comments7 min readEA link

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

Meghan BarrettNov 22, 2022, 4:46 PM
214 points
22 comments3 min readEA link
(authors.elsevier.com)

The Promise and Per­ils of In­sect Farming

EA Forum ArchivesMay 10, 2021, 7:00 AM
18 points
0 comments6 min readEA link
(eepurl.com)

Small an­i­mals have enor­mous brains for their size

eukaryoteFeb 13, 2019, 5:12 AM
71 points
7 comments2 min readEA link
(eukaryotewritesblog.com)

What mat­ters to shrimps? Fac­tors af­fect­ing shrimp welfare in aquaculture

Lucas Lewit-MendesNov 3, 2022, 10:31 AM
238 points
14 comments23 min readEA link
(www.shrimpwelfareproject.org)

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

Timothy ChanSep 22, 2021, 4:52 PM
32 points
3 comments11 min readEA link

Ja­son Schukraft: Mo­ral stand­ing and cause pri­ori­ti­za­tion

EA GlobalOct 24, 2020, 7:56 PM
9 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

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

Zoe NewtonJun 7, 2024, 11:05 AM
16 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Why should I care about in­sects?

JamieGittinsMay 18, 2022, 7:37 PM
88 points
20 comments5 min readEA link

Silk pro­duc­tion: global scale and an­i­mal welfare is­sues

abrahamroweApr 20, 2021, 1:38 AM
75 points
9 comments16 min readEA link

Pre­sent­ing: 2021 In­cu­bated Char­i­ties (Char­ity En­trepreneur­ship)

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

How to save a lob­ster in 1 Hour*

No longer EA-affiliatedOct 17, 2023, 11:13 PM
1 point
3 comments1 min readEA link

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

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

Scale of the welfare of var­i­ous an­i­mal populations

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

Elec­tric Shrimp Stun­ning: a Po­ten­tial High-Im­pact Dona­tion Opportunity

MHR🔸Jul 13, 2023, 12:39 AM
156 points
22 comments10 min readEA link

Bad­ness of eat­ing farmed an­i­mals in terms of smok­ing cigarettes

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

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

Tessa @ ALINov 7, 2023, 3:04 AM
51 points
2 comments5 min readEA link

Brian To­masik on cli­mate change

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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?

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119 points
22 comments4 min readEA link

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

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5 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Re­search sum­mary: farmed cricket welfare

abrahamroweMar 6, 2024, 10:10 PM
112 points
3 comments15 min readEA link

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

Eevee🔹Jun 20, 2024, 11:47 PM
52 points
3 comments1 min readEA link

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

NickLaingOct 11, 2024, 12:03 PM
147 points
56 comments5 min readEA link

The scale of an­i­mal agriculture

MichaelStJulesMay 16, 2024, 4:01 AM
49 points
4 comments3 min readEA link

Can Black Soldier Fly Lar­vae (BSFL) pro­duc­ers dis­place fish­meal?

Rethink PrioritiesDec 17, 2024, 3:59 PM
52 points
2 comments3 min readEA link

De­sire-Fulfil­ment and Con­scious­ness (An­dreas Mo­gensen)

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25 points
1 comment3 min readEA link
(globalprioritiesinstitute.org)

Cost-effec­tive­ness of pay­ing farm­ers to use more hu­mane pes­ti­cides to de­crease the suffer­ing of wild insects

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 14, 2025, 5:57 PM
49 points
5 comments4 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of Shrimp Welfare Pro­ject’s Hu­mane Slaugh­ter Initiative

Vasco Grilo🔸Oct 6, 2024, 8:25 AM
67 points
26 comments5 min readEA link

Cost-effec­tive­ness of the fish welfare in­ter­ven­tions recom­mended by Am­bi­tious Im­pact, and Fish Welfare Ini­ti­a­tive’s farm program

Vasco Grilo🔸Jan 24, 2025, 5:35 PM
41 points
7 comments13 min readEA link

Sup­port Crit­i­cal Re­search on In­sect Welfare

Bob FischerNov 13, 2024, 9:10 PM
125 points
4 comments2 min readEA link

Fun­der Op­por­tu­nity: Aquatic An­i­mal Fund­ing Circle

Zoë SigleNov 13, 2024, 10:17 PM
61 points
0 comments6 min readEA link

Which an­i­mals are most af­fected by fish­ing?

MichaelStJulesNov 25, 2024, 5:39 AM
51 points
2 comments2 min readEA link

What would an an­i­mal-friendly yet com­mon sense moral frame­work look like? Re­ject­ing he­do­nism, ac­cept­ing in­com­men­su­ra­bil­ity of values

Engin ArıkanDec 22, 2024, 7:21 PM
19 points
5 comments17 min readEA link

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

Rethink PrioritiesAug 15, 2022, 11:44 PM
67 points
2 comments14 min readEA link
(www.sciencedirect.com)

Pre-slaugh­ter mor­tal­ity of farmed shrimp

Hannah McKay🔸Mar 12, 2024, 1:57 PM
71 points
4 comments18 min readEA link

Welfare con­sid­er­a­tions for farmed shrimp

Rethink PrioritiesDec 14, 2023, 5:55 PM
106 points
8 comments54 min readEA link

Pub­lished: NYU CMEP and NYU CEAP 2024 An­nual Reports

Sofia_FogelFeb 1, 2025, 3:28 PM
16 points
0 comments1 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.smithDec 27, 2023, 6:18 AM
61 points
37 comments9 min readEA link

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

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

In­ver­te­brate Welfare in Science

Andrew Crump1Feb 9, 2024, 10:54 AM
22 points
0 comments1 min readEA link

Call for Ex­pres­sions of In­ter­est: NYU Wild An­i­mal Welfare Summit

Sofia_FogelJan 10, 2024, 4:42 AM
48 points
1 comment2 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Shel­ley Adamo about in­ver­te­brate consciousness

Max_CarpendaleJun 21, 2019, 2:40 PM
37 points
3 comments9 min readEA link

Shrimp Paste and An­i­mal Welfare

Aaron Boddy🔸May 8, 2024, 2:01 PM
95 points
3 comments23 min readEA link

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

Hannah McKay🔸Jun 13, 2024, 9:53 AM
93 points
6 comments17 min readEA link

Why I Think All The Species Of Sig­nifi­cantly De­bated Con­scious­ness Are Con­scious And Suffer Intensely

OmnizoidNov 20, 2024, 4:11 PM
64 points
24 comments33 min readEA link

My fa­vorite ar­ti­cles by Brian To­masik and what they are about

Timothy ChanFeb 24, 2024, 6:10 PM
77 points
4 comments4 min readEA link

Opinion: Es­ti­mat­ing In­ver­te­brate Sentience

Jason SchukraftNov 7, 2019, 2:38 AM
134 points
36 comments23 min readEA link

Re­think Pri­ori­ties An­i­mal Welfare Depart­ment: 2024 strat­egy up­date and 2025 goals

Daniela WaldhornNov 15, 2024, 6:40 PM
80 points
3 comments7 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience: Sum­mary of find­ings, Part 2

Daniela WaldhornJun 14, 2019, 9:19 PM
71 points
3 comments44 min readEA link

Oc­to­puses (Prob­a­bly) Don’t Have Nine Minds

Bob FischerDec 12, 2022, 11:59 AM
94 points
19 comments10 min readEA link
(docs.google.com)

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

EA GlobalApr 5, 2019, 3:31 PM
9 points
0 comments26 min readEA link
(www.youtube.com)

Fea­tures Rele­vant to In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience, Part 2

Jason SchukraftJun 11, 2019, 3:23 PM
25 points
12 comments25 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience: Sum­mary of find­ings, Part 1

Daniela WaldhornJun 14, 2019, 5:35 PM
49 points
1 comment7 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Michael Tye about in­ver­te­brate consciousness

Max_CarpendaleAug 8, 2019, 10:13 AM
32 points
5 comments5 min readEA link

Killing the ants

Joe_CarlsmithFeb 7, 2021, 11:16 PM
228 points
18 comments8 min readEA link

Brian To­masik – The Im­por­tance of Wild-An­i­mal Suffering

BabelJul 8, 2009, 12:42 PM
12 points
0 comments1 min readEA link
(longtermrisk.org)

Hu­mane in­sec­ti­cides − 4 month update

rafa_fanboyFeb 21, 2019, 11:12 PM
11 points
1 comment1 min readEA link

Im­par­tial­ist Sen­tien­tism and Ex­is­ten­tial Anx­iety about Mo­ral Cir­cle Explosion

Rafael RuizJun 22, 2024, 7:53 PM
90 points
14 comments26 min readEA link

Fea­tures Rele­vant to In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience, Part 1

Jason SchukraftJun 10, 2019, 6:00 PM
50 points
2 comments26 min readEA link

In­ter­view with Jon Mal­latt about in­ver­te­brate consciousness

Max_CarpendaleApr 28, 2019, 5:52 PM
83 points
10 comments11 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience Table

Daniela WaldhornJun 14, 2019, 3:57 PM
89 points
22 comments3 min readEA link

Hu­mane Pes­ti­cides as the Most Marginally Effec­tive Cause

JeffMJordanSep 22, 2015, 6:35 AM
28 points
20 comments10 min readEA link

Why I’m fo­cus­ing on in­ver­te­brate sentience

Max_CarpendaleDec 8, 2018, 7:24 PM
56 points
24 comments6 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience: A Use­ful Em­piri­cal Resource

Jason SchukraftJun 12, 2019, 1:15 AM
89 points
4 comments32 min readEA link

The Welfare Range Table

Bob FischerNov 7, 2022, 10:19 AM
365 points
17 comments8 min readEA link

Where can I donate to sup­port in­sect welfare?

nonzerosumDec 31, 2017, 1:40 AM
8 points
7 comments1 min readEA link

In­ver­te­brate sen­tience: A re­view of the neu­ro­scien­tific literature

JamieGittinsJul 30, 2019, 3:55 PM
44 points
1 comment22 min readEA link

Fea­tures Rele­vant to In­ver­te­brate Sen­tience, Part 3

Jason SchukraftJun 12, 2019, 2:49 PM
27 points
7 comments28 min readEA link

An­nounc­ing the Launch of the In­sect Institute

Dustin CrummettFeb 22, 2023, 7:32 PM
220 points
22 comments1 min readEA link