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You can prevent animal suffering. Here’s how. [Video]

You can prevent animal suffering. Here’s how.

The vast amount of animal suffering in the world can feel overwhelming, but there are several concrete ways to help. In this video, we cover some major causes of animal suffering that even animal lovers often overlook, and discuss some of the best ways you can help animals.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Introduction
00:21 – Why focus on farmed and wild animals?
00:46 – Farmed animals and factory farming: the problem
02:18 – What you can do: diet changes
03:18 – What you can do: supporting system change
04:46 – What you can do: supporting alternative proteins
06:04 – Wild animal suffering: the problem
07:30 – What you can do: supporting wild animal welfare research
08:28 – Additional information about where to donate
09:04 – Final thoughts

ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS MENTIONED:
Fish Welfare Initiative: https://www.fishwelfareinitiative.org/ (3:55)
The Humane League: https://thehumaneleague.org/ (4:00)
Wild Animal Initiative: https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/ (7:33)
Animal Charity Evaluators: https://animalcharityevaluators.org/ (8:32)
Faunalytics: https://faunalytics.org/ (8:44)
EA Animal Welfare Fund:https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare (8:55)

SOURCES:
1. https://faunalytics.org/global-animal-slaughter-statistics-and-charts/
2. https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/lewis-bollard-end-factory-farming/
3. https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/lewis-bollard-end-factory-farming/
4. https://thehumaneleague.org/article/factory-farming-animal-cruelty
5. https://www.greenmatters.com/p/what-is-sea-lice
6. https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/global-animal-farming-estimates
7. http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/
8. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2020/sep/15/covid-farm-animals-and-pandemics-diseases-that-changed-the-world
9. https://mercyforanimals.org/blog/antibiotic-resistant-infections-will-kill/
10. https://www.sentienceinstitute.org/aft-survey-2020
11. https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production
12. https://animalcharityevaluators.org/donation-advice/why-farmed-animals/ and https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=42
13. https://animalcharityevaluators.org/donation-advice/why-farmed-animals/
14. https://www.aspca.org/helping-people-pets/shelter-intake-and-surrender/pet-statistics
15. https://animalcharityevaluators.org/research/dietary-impacts/effects-of-diet-choices/
16. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/22430749/beef-chicken-climate-diet-vegetarian
17. https://a-z-animals.com/blog/cow-lifespan-how-long-do-cows-live/
18.https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_12,_Farm_Animal_Confinement_Initiative_(2018)
19. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_California_Proposition_12
20. https://www.effectivealtruism.org/articles/lewis-bollard-lessons-learned-in-farm-animal-welfare
21. https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/corporate-campaigns-affect-9-to-120-years-of-chicken-life-per-dollar-spent
22. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
23. https://us14.campaign-archive.com/?u=66df320da8400b581cbc1b539&id=a9ce5c198b
24. https://rethinkpriorities.org/publications/forecasts-estimate-limited-cultured-meat-production-through-2050
25. https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/juvenile-welfare
26. https://wildlife.org/the-return-of-an-odious-invader/
27.http://fcmconference.org/img/CambridgeDeclarationOnConsciousness.pdf
28. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/fish-feel-pain-180967764/
29. https://reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there/
30. https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/transparency
31. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/11/14/18091698/future-perfect-podcast-killing-fish-ikejime-animal-welfare
32. https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/humane-insecticides
33.https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f04bd57a1c21d767782adb8/t/5f160c91bc0bff4abe964d5a/1595280529848/WAI_PersistenceAndReversibility_Dec2019.pdf
34. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207746/

CREDITS:
Script: Gage Weston
Production: Grace Adams
Video editor: Marco Shimabukuro
Host: Luke Freeman

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