• #81 – Cynthia Schuck on Quantifying Animal Welfare

  • Nov 21 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
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#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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