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May 16 2024 | Thyl Moors

Canada’s Farmed Animal Welfare Progress In 2023

Mercy For Animals' 2023 progress report finds that Canadian food companies are falling behind on their animal welfare promises. READ MORE

May 8 2024 | Raquel Costa

Mountain Gorilla Tourism: The Gorillas’ Perspective

A guest blog from Raquel Costa of the Primate Cognition Research Group sheds light on the complexities of observational tourism as a support for conservation. READ MORE

Apr 24 2024 | Jacob Achumboro Ayang

Africa’s Second-Hand Battery Cage Dilemma

As intensive industrial farming grows across Africa, second-hand battery cages pose a threat to egg-laying hens and animal welfare progress across the continent. READ MORE

Apr 17 2024 | Aro Roseman

What’s In A Label?: Deciphering And Improving Animal Product Welfare Labels

Package labels are a key way consumers evaluate the "humaneness" of animal products. This Faunalytics factsheet gives insight into what these labels actually mean, and how they can be improved. READ MORE

Apr 2 2024 | Sian Richards

“Depopulation” By Heatstroke: An Ethical Crisis

U.S. food producers increasingly mass-kill farmed animals through heatstroke, raising major ethical concerns for veterinarians to address. READ MORE

Mar 15 2024 | Elena Schaller

How Social Media Affects Perceptions Of Zoo Animals

With the rising popularity of social media, zoos and wild animal conservation groups need to understand how images make their animals appear to the public. READ MORE

Mar 13 2024 | Willem Sleegers

Understanding People’s Attitudes Towards Wild Animal Welfare

Wild animals face hardships we'd consider terrible if they happened to us. Some argue that we should respond to wild animal suffering the same way we would to human (and other animal) suffering. READ MORE

Feb 28 2024 | Julia Stachofsky

Assessing Brands’ Chicken Welfare Promises In 2023

Mercy For Animals’ 2023 Better Chicken Commitment report shows some progress on farmed chicken welfare. However, many companies fail to be transparent with their practices. READ MORE

Feb 26 2024 | Leah Kelly

Why Culture Is Important For Captive Animals

Philosophy scholars call for a deeper understanding of the cultural needs of captive animals and discuss why culture is important to their welfare. READ MORE

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