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Deputy Director Cameron Meyer Shorb explains what we mean by welfare, examines his own biases about human participation in nature, and addresses the potential impact of research to improve wild animals’ lives.

Undeterred by a canceled conference, we co-hosted a virtual wild animal welfare meetup along with Animal Ethics and Rethink Priorities.

Planned projects for 2020 and beyond.

Jane Capozzelli, Luke Hecht, and collaborator Dr. Samniqueka Halsey explore the potential for synergy between restoration ecology and wild animal welfare research.

Dr. Will Bradshaw explains the connection between biological age and welfare, and how this new approach could improve our efforts to help wild animal animals.

How persistent and reversible should our interventions be? Simon Eckerström Liedholm explores two important factors in assessing the merits of interventions to improve wild animal welfare.

Why should you care about insect welfare? Hollis Howe summarizes the literature on invertebrate sentience, estimates the number of insects affected by agricultural insecticide use, and describes the effects of common insecticidal compounds and other pest control methods.

Stanford economics PhD student Zach Freitas-Groff explains his and Dr. Yew-Kwang Ng’s new interpretation of Ng’s model. Wild Animal Initiative Executive Director Mal Graham joins him to further explore implications for wild animal welfare.