Can someone recommend environmental and ecological #economics literature from the moral perspective that the only relevant metric is #WildAnimalWelfare? What economic policies would have the best impact in reducing wild animal suffering?
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Exciting news! We've received funding to continue building on our success from the past two years supporting scientific research on wild animal welfare. Since 2021, our Grants Program has disbursed more than $1.3 million across 42 projects that focus on a range of topics related to wild animal welfare science. We’re thrilled to share that we plan to continue offering grants over the next three years!
Wild Animal Initiative received $6 million in funding from grantmaker Open Philanthropy to support our Grants Program and general operations. With these funds, Wild Animal Initiative can continue to build on our success over the past two years supporting scientific research on wild animal we
If you're interested in studying wild fish welfare or near-term welfare interventions, check out our latest #CallForProposals! We're accepting expressions of interest until Aug. 4.
https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/grants/seed-grants
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We enjoyed attending the International Student Symposium on Animal Behaviour and Cognition last week! Thank you to everyone who came to our workshop and visited our table, and thanks to the conference organizers for the opportunity to participate.
#animalbehavior #wildlife #wildanimalwelfare #animalwelfare #macademia #science #ScienceMastodon
IFLScience interviewed two of our grantees — Michaella Pereira Andrade and Tatiana Leite — to discuss wild octopus behavior, sentience, and welfare. Wild Animal Initiative is funding their study on the emotional states of young wild octopuses living off the coast of Brazil to better understand potential welfare indicators.
https://www.iflscience.com/octopuses-are-smart-sentient-aliens-69155
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If you're interested in #animalbehavior, don’t miss our online seminar on May 30 with Physiology Researcher Bonnie Flint, Heather Browning, Daniel Hanley, and Andrea Harvey — "Understanding animals: behavior and welfare entangled." Register for @animalbehaviourlive’s newsletter to attend: https://animalbehaviour.live
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If you haven't registered for @behaviour2023 in Germany this August, now's the time — we're especially excited to be hosting a symposium with Melissa Bateson called "The welfare and behavior of wild animals." We hope to see you there!
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Are you attending the Species on the Move Conference in Bonita Springs, Florida, May 14-19? Please make sure to register for our "Climate, Movement, and Welfare" workshop on May 16. We'll discuss how #climatechange affects wild animals' movements through impacts to their welfare. Register here: http://ow.ly/c1SY50OkPeC
Wild Animal Initiative is a nonprofit dedicated to exploring the most pressing questions in #wildanimalwelfare science. We conduct research, fund scientists, and provide other services for researchers, all in pursuit of our goal to understand and ultimately improve the lives of wild animals. Please follow if you're interested in the many scientific fields that overlap with our work, including #animalwelfare science, #ecology, and #animalbehavior.
J Lou
Animal Law
Wild Animal Initiative
