Blog

On our blog you’ll find explorations of key concepts in wild animal welfare, features on experts in the field, organizational updates, and more.

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Luke Hecht 9/23/20 Luke Hecht 9/23/20

Why cause of death matters for wild animal welfare

Simon Eckerström Liedholm 7/27/20 Simon Eckerström Liedholm 7/27/20

Signposts for improving wild animal welfare

How can we assess our progress towards long-term goals when the future is uncertain?

The Wild Animal Initiative Team 7/14/20 The Wild Animal Initiative Team 7/14/20

Wild Animal Initiative seeks new board members

Wild Animal Initiative is seeking a new board member! Read on for details, and let us know by July 22nd if you’re interested in helping us out.

The Wild Animal Initiative Team 6/11/20 The Wild Animal Initiative Team 6/11/20

Wild Animal Initiative seeks new Board President

Interested in getting more involved? Consider volunteering on our board!

Hollis Howe 5/27/20 Hollis Howe 5/27/20

Careers in wild animal welfare

You might be interested in using your career to help wild animals. What knowledge and skills should you build to help make a difference? Here are our opinions.

The Wild Animal Initiative Team 5/27/20 The Wild Animal Initiative Team 5/27/20

Wild Animal Initiative is hiring!

Interested in joining the Wild Animal Initiative team? Check out our new job openings!

Luke Hecht 5/21/20 Luke Hecht 5/21/20

The relevance of trophic interactions to wild animal welfare

The Wild Animal Initiative Team 4/3/20 The Wild Animal Initiative Team 4/3/20

Research agenda update

Planned projects for 2020 and beyond.

Will Bradshaw 1/14/20 Will Bradshaw 1/14/20

Measuring welfare with biological age

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.

Simon Eckerström Liedholm 12/30/19 Simon Eckerström Liedholm 12/30/19

Long-term design considerations for wild animal welfare interventions

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.

Luke Hecht 12/19/19 Luke Hecht 12/19/19

Optimal population density: trading off the quality and quantity of welfare

Hollis Howe 12/10/19 Hollis Howe 12/10/19

Improving pest management for wild insect 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.