Animal Ethics (organization)

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Animal Ethics
Formation2012;14 years ago (2012)
Founders
Type Nonprofit
EIN 46-1062870
Legal status 501(c)(3) organization [1]
PurposeEducation and outreach on animal ethics and speciesism
Location
  • Oakland, California, United States
Region
Global
Official language
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Telugu
Managing directors
  • Olaia Freiría
  • Leah McKelvie [2]
Revenue$147,844 (2024 [3] )
Website animal-ethics.org

Animal Ethics is an American nonprofit organisation based in Oakland, California, founded in 2012 by Daniel Dorado, Oscar Horta, and Leah McKelvie. The organisation produces educational materials and carries out outreach on animal ethics topics including speciesism, sentience, veganism and wild animal suffering, and describes its aim as extending moral consideration to all sentient beings. Its website publishes content in multiple languages, and it has expanded its work to additional language audiences and regions. Horta has said that one reason for establishing the organisation was to promote welfare biology as a field of research. Animal Ethics has run projects including essay prizes and an online course focused on wild animal suffering, and was recommended by Animal Charity Evaluators as a standout charity from December 2015 to November 2017.

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History

Animal Ethics was co-founded by Daniel Dorado, Oscar Horta, and Leah Mckelvie in 2012. [4] Horta has said that one reason for establishing the organisation was to promote welfare biology as a field of research. [5]

Activities

Animal Ethics produces educational materials about animal ethics and related topics, and describes its aims as promoting discussion and debate about animal ethics and providing information and resources for animal advocates. It has carried out outreach work in several countries on the topic of speciesism. [2] [6] Its stated aim is to extend moral consideration to all sentient beings. [7] [8]

The organization's website covers topics including speciesism, sentience, veganism, and wild animal suffering, and it publishes content in multiple languages. [9]

In 2015, Leah McKelvie published a report about the organisation in Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism . [8]

The organisation has also run projects focused on wild animal suffering, including essay prizes (awarded in 2015 and 2017) and an online course launched in 2020. [10] [11]

Animal Ethics began publishing resources in Chinese in 2018, and in 2020 it extended its outreach work to India and launched a Hindi version of its website. [12] [13] In 2024, it released an Arabic version of their website. [14]

In 2020 and 2021, Animal Ethics marked the World Day for the End of Speciesism by broadcasting online talks about speciesism in English, Portuguese and Spanish. [15] [16]

Reception

Animal Charity Evaluators recommended Animal Ethics as one of its standout charities from December 2015 to November 2017. [17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Animal Ethics Inc". GuideStar. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 "About Us". Animal Ethics. 2014-01-01. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  3. ↑ "Animal Ethics Inc". ProPublica . 2013-05-09. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  4. ↑ "Conversation with Leah McKelvie". Animal Charity Evaluators . 2015-08-19. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  5. ↑ Matthews, Dylan (2021-04-12). "The wild frontier of animal welfare". Vox . Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  6. ↑ "Animal Ethics". Raising for Effective Giving. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  7. ↑ "About Animal Ethics Vision, Mission and Values" (PDF). Animal Charity Evaluators . 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  8. 1 2 McKelvie, Leah (2015-05-11). "Seeking to Increase Awareness of Speciesism and Its Impact on All Animals: a Report on 'Animal Ethics'". Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism . 3 (1): 101–104. doi: 10.7358/rela-2015-001-mcke . ISSN   2280-9643.
  9. ↑ "Animal Ethics leaflets are available in seven different languages". Animal Ethics. 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
  10. ↑ "2nd Animal Ethics Essay Prize Announcement". Animal Ethics. 2017-12-27. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  11. ↑ "Announcing the first video of an online course on wild animal suffering". Animal Ethics. 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
  12. ↑ "Animal Ethics 2018" (PDF). Animal Ethics. 2019-01-01. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  13. ↑ "Introducing our website in Hindi". Animal Ethics. 2020-09-29. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
  14. ↑ "Animal Ethics website is now available in Arabic" . Retrieved 2026-01-26.
  15. ↑ "Talks for the World Day for the End of Speciesism". Animal Ethics. 2020-08-15. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  16. ↑ "World Day for the End of Speciesism". Animal Ethics. 2021-07-14. Archived from the original on 2021-10-31. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
  17. ↑ "Animal Ethics Review". Animal Charity Evaluators . November 2017. Retrieved 2019-10-08.

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