{"id":10152,"date":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/course\/reducing-animal-suffering\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T08:32:15","slug":"reducing-animal-suffering","status":"publish","type":"tva_lesson","link":"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/en\/course\/reducing-animal-suffering\/","title":{"rendered":"Reducing animal suffering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Every year, 50 billion animals are raised and slaughtered in highly intensive food production, factory farming. Many of them experience great suffering. Their cages and stalls can be so cramped that they can barely move, and they are bred for rapid growth and live in substandard conditions, causing stress, injury and disease.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Even if non-human animals don\u2019t morally matter as much as humans, there\u2019s good evidence that they are conscious, and that they feel pain \u2014 and as a result, the poor conditions in factory farms are likely causing animals to experience severe suffering. In some places, practices that cause intense pain, such as castrating pigs or docking (cutting off) their tails without anesthesia, are also allowed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"10153\" width=\"432\" data-init-width=\"1350\" height=\"625\" data-init-height=\"1954\" title=\"Priority areas - Reducing animal suffering\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Priority-areas-Reducing-animal-suffering.webp\" data-width=\"432\" data-height=\"625\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 1350 \/ 1954;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/how-many-animals-get-slaughtered-every-day\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Our World in Data<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Despite the scale of the problem, it is relatively overlooked. Around 3,000 professionals work on the issue and 300 million dollars are spent annually to reduce suffering. Potential solutions include strategic advocacy to reduce demand for the products we get from animals, working for legislation that improves their conditions, and developing plant-based alternatives to animal foods.<\/p>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9845\" width=\"393\" data-init-width=\"800\" height=\"393\" data-init-height=\"800\" title=\"Simon\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Simon.webp\" data-width=\"393\" data-height=\"393\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 800 \/ 800;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Simon is a Researcher at Wild Animal Initiative, where he uses his knowledge from his PhD in evolutionary biology, and his aptitude for research, to improve the lives of wild animals \u2013 a highly neglected field.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/stories-impact\/\" style=\"outline: none;\">Read the full story of Simon, and those of other world improvers<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/problem-profiles\/factory-farming\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Factory Farming<\/a> \u2013 article by 80,000 Hours<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.effektivaltruism.org\/animal-welfare\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Animal welfare cause area profile<\/a> \u2013 article by EA Sweden<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openphilanthropy.org\/research\/cause-reports\/treatment-animals-industrial-agriculture\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treatment of Animals in Industrial Agriculture<\/a> \u2013 article by Open Philanthropy&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/80000hours.org\/podcast\/episodes\/lewis-bollard-end-factory-farming\/\" style=\"outline: none;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to end factory farming in our lifetime <\/a>\u2013 interview in the 80,000 Hours podcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-10152","tva_lesson","type-tva_lesson","status-publish","hentry","tva_courses-career-guide"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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