We Measure the Evidence. You Make the Call. Here’s Why.
We Measure the Evidence. You Make the Call. Here’s Why. We often receive feedback from people who share a common goal: improving animal welfare as much as possible. When feedback
Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Wladimir J Alonso,
In a recent article shared on the Effective Altruism Forum, we discuss a new way to help farm animals. Drawing inspiration from the work of Transparency International, we explore the potential of applying similar principles to improve farm animal welfare.
Key Points:
The Challenge of Transparency: Lack of transparency enables companies to circumvent reforms and prevents assessing the true effectiveness of animal welfare policies.
Promoting Accountability: Increased transparency would promote accountability, compliance with standards, and enhancement of welfare practices.
Proposed Initiatives: We propose the creation of a dedicated organization focused on enhancing transparency in animal welfare. An organization focused on transparency could develop reporting frameworks, auditing processes, traceability systems, sourcing policies requiring transparency, and welfare labeling schemes.
Engaging Consumers: Increased consumer awareness through transparent labeling, traceability, sourcing policies, and educational campaigns could help bridge the gap between preferences and realities.
Potential Areas of Work: Transparency initiatives could include public sharing of independent audit results, animal-based health monitoring, stockmanship qualifications, slaughter line inspections, and transparency rankings of companies.
We Measure the Evidence. You Make the Call. Here’s Why. We often receive feedback from people who share a common goal: improving animal welfare as much as possible. When feedback
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