Beyond Suffering: A Framework for Quantifying Positive Animal Welfare in Individuals and Populations Wladimir J Alonso, Cynthia Schuck-Paim Center for Welfare Metrics, Brazil https://welfarefootprint.org/team-mission Main Takeaways The Welfare Footprint Project … Continue reading Quantifying Positive Animal Welfare in Individuals and Populations
Category: Welfare Assessment
Could Transparency Interntional be a model for improved animal welfare?
Could Transparency International Be a Model to Improve Farm Animal Welfare? Cynthia Schuck-Paim, Wladimir J Alonso, In a recent article shared on the Effective Altruism Forum, we discuss a new … Continue reading Could Transparency Interntional be a model for improved animal welfare?
Short agony or long ache? Comparing intensity and duration of pain
Short agony or long ache: comparing sources of suffering that differ in duration and intensity Cynthia Schuck-Paim; Wladimir J. Alonso; Cian Hamilton Summary The Welfare Footprint framework quantifies the cumulative … Continue reading Short agony or long ache? Comparing intensity and duration of pain
A Novel Proposal for the Definition of Pain
IASP’s definition of pain is overly human-centric and fails to fully encompass its evolutionary, cognitive, and affective dimensions. It overlooks key aspects of this sensory phenomenon, such as its inherent consciousness, its independence from learning, and its evolutionary role extending beyond mere tissue injury. In an effort to address these shortcomings, we propose the following alternative definition
Introducing Pain-Compare: A Tool for Visualizing Welfare Loss Estimates in Animals
As a part of our ongoing efforts to quantify animal welfare and enable its incorporation into policy-making, economic and environmental analyses, we have recently launched the first of a series of visualization tools: Pain-Compare. This tool, inspired by the Global Burden of Disease Compare tool, invites users to compare the estimated time in pain an individual endures as a result of welfare challenges experienced. The tool shows multiple challenges experienced under different circumstances, production conditions and by different species.
Metrics vs. Indicators: Clarifying Essential Concepts in Animal Welfare Assessment
Welfare Metrics and Welfare Indicators: Clarifying Essential Concepts in Animal Welfare Assessment Wladimir J. Alonso & Cynthia Schuck-Paim It may initially appear that discussions around the concepts of welfare metrics … Continue reading Metrics vs. Indicators: Clarifying Essential Concepts in Animal Welfare Assessment
The role of attention on affective experiences and the concept of ‘Potential for Positive Welfare’
How attention modulates the perceived intensity and duration of simultaneous affective experiences, and the potential for positive welfare Implications for refining Cumulative Pain estimates and for determining the potential for … Continue reading The role of attention on affective experiences and the concept of ‘Potential for Positive Welfare’
Our ‘Pain-Track’ article at BMC Research Notes
Publication at BMC Research Notes We are glad to know that our research note on the Pain-Track approach has just been published at BMC Research Notes! The article is open-source, … Continue reading Our ‘Pain-Track’ article at BMC Research Notes