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What Vegan Advocates Can Learn From The Social Spread Of Quitting Smoking

Dec 18 2024 Andrea Polanco

Many vegans have seen how their diet and lifestyle can influence or spread to those around them. This Faunalytics study looks at the concept of social contagion and what animal advocates might be able to gain from it. READ MORE

What Vegan Advocates Can Learn From The Social Spread Of Quitting Smoking

Dec 18 2024 Andrea Polanco

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Research And Data As Tools In Advocates’ Decision-Making: A Focus On China & Southeast Asia

This Faunalytics study uncovers both internal and external applications of research, examines why advocates do or don't incorporate research into their work, and presents a roadmap for enhancing research engagement across China, Southeast Asia, and beyond. READ MORE

Nov 20 2024 Jah Ying Chung (Good Growth)

Bridging U.S. Conservative Values And Animal Protection

To maximize our impact, animal advocates in the U.S. need strategies for working with politicians and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. This Faunalytics study helps us understand how to leverage conservative values to help animals. READ MORE

Sep 25 2024 Coni Arévalo

Creating A More Equitable Movement: Compensation In The Farmed Animal Advocacy Sector

The farmed animal advocacy movement has professionalized and grown within the nonprofit sector over the last 50 years. This Faunalytics study benchmarks salaries for the movement. READ MORE

Aug 28 2024 Andrea Polanco

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Dec 18 2024 | Andrea Polanco

What Vegan Advocates Can Learn From The Social Spread Of Quitting Smoking

Many vegans have seen how their diet and lifestyle can influence or spread to those around them. This Faunalytics study looks at the concept of social contagion and what animal advocates might be able to gain from it.
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Nov 20 2024 | Jah Ying Chung (Good Growth)

Research And Data As Tools In Advocates’ Decision-Making: A Focus On China & Southeast Asia

This Faunalytics study uncovers both internal and external applications of research, examines why advocates do or don't incorporate research into their work, and presents a roadmap for enhancing research engagement across China, Southeast Asia, and beyond.
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Sep 25 2024 | Coni Arévalo

Bridging U.S. Conservative Values And Animal Protection

To maximize our impact, animal advocates in the U.S. need strategies for working with politicians and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. This Faunalytics study helps us understand how to leverage conservative values to help animals.
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Aug 28 2024 | Andrea Polanco

Creating A More Equitable Movement: Compensation In The Farmed Animal Advocacy Sector

The farmed animal advocacy movement has professionalized and grown within the nonprofit sector over the last 50 years. This Faunalytics study benchmarks salaries for the movement.

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Jan 17 2025 | Susan Gabriel

Contained Cats, Protected Wildlife: A Conservation Solution

Free-roaming cats can devastate wildlife populations, but research reveals strategies to transform cat guardianship from an ecological threat to a conservation asset.
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Jan 16 2025 | Ashley Meader

Asian Farmed Animal Advocacy Organizations Are Critical Yet Under-Resourced

The majority of the world’s people and farmed animals live in Asia, yet advocacy groups in the region receive comparatively little funding. This report takes a closer look at their capacity challenges.
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Jan 15 2025 | karol orzechowski

A Look Back At 2024’s Best Blogs

Take a look back at some of our standout publications from 2024 — including both widely shared resources and hidden gems written by experts in the animal advocacy community.
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Jan 15 2025 | Mia Elliott

Workplace Veganuary Campaign Shows Success And Sustainability

A workplace Veganuary campaign from 2019 to 2022 boosted veg*n meal sales in most years, leaving a lingering impact in some.
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Jan 14 2025 | Oleksandra Mukha

Public Support For Animal Protection In The United States

From laboratories to zoos to factory farms, where do U.S. residents stand on animal protection issues?
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Jan 13 2025 | Aeneas Koosis

Insect Farming: The Dark Side Of A Six-Legged Food Revolution

Significant concerns are revealed about insect farming’s sustainability claims, biosecurity risks, and animal welfare issues in European food systems.
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Jan 10 2025 | Alyssa Hanes

Exploring AI Biases In Animal Welfare

How will animals be treated in a world driven by artificial intelligence (AI)? This study examines how AI considers animals’ interests and why it matters.
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Jan 9 2025 | Guillaume Reho

Current Consideration Of Animals In China Is Lagging

While concerns over animal welfare are growing in China, they’re still much weaker than in other developed countries. This article reviews causes and ideas on how to tackle this issue.
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Jan 8 2025 | karol orzechowski

Faunalytics Index – January 2025

This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about funding for animal activists, agriculture’s impact on the Colorado River, a banner year for our Research Library, and more.
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Jan 8 2025 | Jonathan Sutton

Green Toxicology: A Framework To Reduce Animal Testing

Technological advances have made animal testing easier to replace. An emerging framework connects sustainability principles with non-animal alternatives.
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Jan 7 2025 | Norma Rocio Forero-Muñoz

Hidden Welfare Risks In Aquaculture: Species Matters

The growth of aquatic farming, driven by food security claims, masks levels of welfare risk across species.
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Jan 6 2025 | Matthew Unerman

E.U. Farms: The Smaller They Are, The Harder They Fall

Europe’s small-scale farms are disappearing at an alarming rate. This report examines why and offers some solutions.

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Jan 17 2025 | Susan Gabriel

Contained Cats, Protected Wildlife: A Conservation Solution

Free-roaming cats can devastate wildlife populations, but research reveals strategies to transform cat guardianship from an ecological threat to a conservation asset.
In The Spotlight

Jan 16 2025 | Ashley Meader

Asian Farmed Animal Advocacy Organizations Are Critical Yet Under-Resourced

The majority of the world’s people and farmed animals live in Asia, yet advocacy groups in the region receive comparatively little funding. This report takes a closer look at their capacity challenges.
In The Spotlight

Jan 15 2025 | karol orzechowski

A Look Back At 2024’s Best Blogs

Take a look back at some of our standout publications from 2024 — including both widely shared resources and hidden gems written by experts in the animal advocacy community.
In The Spotlight

Jan 15 2025 | Mia Elliott

Workplace Veganuary Campaign Shows Success And Sustainability

A workplace Veganuary campaign from 2019 to 2022 boosted veg*n meal sales in most years, leaving a lingering impact in some.

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Founder & Executive Director, Planted Society

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Executive Director, Sentient

“The work Faunalytics does is vital. Data is key for effective journalism, and our team of writers and editors frequently use the insights and datasets that Faunalytics provides to make our work more robust and impactful.”
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Founder & Executive Director, Planted Society

“Faunalytics helps us to measure the effectiveness of different advocacy strategies and helps us navigate how we show up for animals in different ways. As an advocacy organization, we depend on these essential findings when considering how we spend our limited resources.”
Taís Toledo

Food Policy Lead, Sinergia Animal

“Research is fundamental to helping farmed animals, as making informed and data-driven decisions when campaigning is imperative for achieving good results. For this reason, Sinergia Animal believes Faunalytics is an essential organization in the animal rights movement.”
Maneesha Deckha

Professor, Lansdowne Chair in Law

“Faunalytics improves the rigour of the animal advocacy movement through its emphasis on facts and data. I direct my students to the website when they are exploring research topics and designing projects. I feel inspired and energized when I engage with the website and I hope they will too.”
Jasmin Singer

Host of Our Hen House, author of Always Too Much and Never Enough

“Faunalytics is one of those organizations that I look at with absolute awe. The services they provide to the animal protection community are unique and necessary.”
Haven King-Nobles

Co-Founder & Executive Director, Fish Welfare Initiative

“We firmly believe that the best decisions for animals are based in data and informed by high-quality research. That’s why one of the first things Fish Welfare Initiative does when embarking on a new project is to check Faunalytics to see what research is available.”
Sharon Nuñez

Co-Founder, Animal Equality

“Working with Faunalytics has helped Animal Equality further understand the importance of the animal protection movement answering its big questions on strategy and campaigns through data and research.”
Harold Herzog

Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Western Carolina University

“I have found Faunalytics to be an invaluable source of information on human-animal interactions, attitudes towards other species, and the animal protection movement. I regularly use their website to keep up with current research findings - their reports on specific issues are comprehensive and refreshingly objective.”

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This presentation provides an introduction to monitoring and evaluating the impact of complex advocacy efforts.
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Research Highlights

What Vegan Advocates Can Learn From The Social Spread Of Quitting Smoking

Research And Data As Tools In Advocates’ Decision-Making: A Focus On China & Southeast Asia

Bridging U.S. Conservative Values And Animal Protection

Creating A More Equitable Movement: Compensation In The Farmed Animal Advocacy Sector

New From Our Library

Contained Cats, Protected Wildlife: A Conservation Solution

Asian Farmed Animal Advocacy Organizations Are Critical Yet Under-Resourced

A Look Back At 2024’s Best Blogs

Workplace Veganuary Campaign Shows Success And Sustainability

Public Support For Animal Protection In The United States

Insect Farming: The Dark Side Of A Six-Legged Food Revolution

Exploring AI Biases In Animal Welfare

Current Consideration Of Animals In China Is Lagging

Faunalytics Index – January 2025

Green Toxicology: A Framework To Reduce Animal Testing

Hidden Welfare Risks In Aquaculture: Species Matters

E.U. Farms: The Smaller They Are, The Harder They Fall

Contained Cats, Protected Wildlife: A Conservation Solution

Asian Farmed Animal Advocacy Organizations Are Critical Yet Under-Resourced

A Look Back At 2024’s Best Blogs

Workplace Veganuary Campaign Shows Success And Sustainability

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