At Wild Animal Initiative, we believe it’s critical for us to identify systemic racism in our field, actively seek ways to eliminate oppression, and employ methods that prioritize justice and equity.

We’re supporting a crowdfunded study about environmental factors affecting frigatebird chicks’ vulnerability to a deadly viral disease. Here’s why we think this project is promising for the development of an academic field of wild animal welfare.

Jane shares what she learned as a Researcher at Wild Animal Initiative, the impact she had on our organization, and the next steps in her career.

Uncertainty about fundamental ethics is a significant roadblock to large-scale intervention for wild animal welfare. There is also plenty of uncertainty on more empirical questions. Fortunately, these questions seem much more tractable, and answers to some may reveal actions we can take that are robustly good under a range of ethics.