September 2020

This list includes all studies we know of published in the respective month that are both:

empirical, that is, report new data (or comment on or synthese such research), and
about advocating for farmed animals (rather than, for example, the welfare of farmed animals themselves).

Please send any suggestions for this list to manja.gartner@animalcharityevaluators.org.

Animal-free foods

Anderson, J. & Ladak, A. (2020, September 16). The Impact Of Replacing Animal Products. Faunalytics Original Research

Wilks, M., Hornsey, M., & Bloom, P. (2021). What does it mean to say that cultured meat is unnatural? Appetite, Volume 156, 1 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2020.104960

Diet change

Dempsey, C., & Bryant, C. J. (2020, September 23). Cultured meat: Do Chinese consumers have an appetite? https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/pjm83

Linkersdörfer, J., & Peacock, J. (2020). Is Animal Cruelty, Environmental or Purity (“Abolitionist”) Messaging More Effective At Inspiring People To Change Their Diet? Reanalysis. The Humane League Research Reports

Social change

Wilks, M., Caviola, L., Kahane, G., & Bloom, P. (2020, September 11). Children prioritize humans over animals less than adults do. Forthcoming in Psychological Science. Preprint

Animal welfare campaigns

Dullaghan, N. (2020). Live-shackle Slaughter vs. CAS Survey. Rethink Priorities Blog

Methods

Rowe, A. (2020). The scale of direct human impact on invertebrates. Rethink Priorities Blog

Sánchez-Suárez, W., Franks, B., & Torgerson-White, L. (2020). From Land to Water: Taking Fish Welfare Seriously. Animals, 10(9), 1585. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10091585

Acknowledgements

Thanks to suggestions by the RECAP group, and suggestions by ACE staff.