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Effective Advocacy

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How Corporate Campaigns Advanced Farmed Animal Welfare

Sep 10 2026 Meghann Cant

A researcher traces how targeted corporate campaigns became one of the farmed animal welfare movement’s most powerful tools. READ MORE

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How Corporate Campaigns Advanced Farmed Animal Welfare

A researcher traces how targeted corporate campaigns became one of the farmed animal welfare movement’s most powerful tools. READ MORE

Sep 10 2026 Meghann Cant

In the Spotlight

Sep 8 2025 | Alex Geerts

Can Changing The Way We Present Data Overcome Political Differences?

An innovative study reveals that combining science and art makes climate data more engaging and may even reduce political polarization. READ MORE

Sep 3 2025 | Faunalytics

Faunalytics Index – September 2025

This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about therapy cats, live fish transport in China, diet misinformation “super-spreaders,” and more. READ MORE

Sep 3 2025 | Jenny Mace & Andrew Knight

AI Model Selection: An Animal Advocacy Case Study

An underexplored area at the intersection of animal advocacy and AI is the help that LLMs can provide. This blog takes a look at eight different models to see which one performs the best in a case study on research related to companion animal diet literature. READ MORE

Sep 1 2025 | Becka Simon

Gender Gap Widens In Veg*n Diet Trends

A 15-year study finds that veg*nism is rising among women, but not among men, with different motivations driving each group. READ MORE

Aug 29 2025 | Kerri Tenniswood

Shifting Cats From “Eat, Prey, Love” To “Eat, Play, Love”

Solving the debate between outdoor cats and biodiversity loss is an age-old problem. Researchers investigate how to reduce cat predation with guardian buy-in. READ MORE

Aug 27 2025 | Elise Hankins

Quantifying The Small Body Problem: A Meta-Analysis Of Animal Product Reduction Interventions

When people reduce their consumption of large-bodied animals but consume more small-bodied animal products, animal suffering is increased, as more animal lives are impacted. Faunalytics and Bryant Research conducted a meta-analysis of the small body problem to evaluate its prevalence and offer recommendations for advocates. READ MORE

Aug 26 2025 | Guillaume Reho

What Motivates Consumers To Choose Dairy Alternatives?

For consumers to choose plant-based dairy alternatives over animal-based dairy products, they usually need the capability, opportunity, and motivation to do so. This study explores how these factors play a role in making the switch. READ MORE

Aug 20 2025 | Björn Ólafsson

Tactics In Practice: The Impact Of Vegan Documentary And Video

Many vegans note the importance of animal advocacy documentaries in their individual journeys, but the concrete data appears more mixed. This deep dive explores how to get the most impact from documentary films for animals. READ MORE

Aug 18 2025 | Casey Vetter

Planning Thailand’s Plant Protein Transition

What would a national transition to plant proteins instead of animal proteins look like? This report lays out the environmental and economic impacts for Thailand under three different scenarios. READ MORE