#81 – Cynthia Schuck on Quantifying Animal Welfare

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Dr Cynthia Schuck-Paim is the Scientific Director of the Welfare Footprint Project, a scientific effort to quantify animal welfare to inform practice, policy, investing and purchasing decisions.

You can find links and a transcript at www.hearthisidea.com/episodes/schuck.

We discuss:

• How to begin thinking about quantifying animal experiences in a cross-comparable way
• Whether the ability to feel pain is unique to big brained animals, or more widespread in the tree of life
• How fish farming compares to poultry and livestock farming
• How worried to be about bird flu zoonosis
• Whether different animal species experience time differently
• Whether positive experiences like joy could make life worth living for some farmed animals
• How animal welfare advocates can learn from anti-corruption nonprofits

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