International Society for Applied Ethology — Advance Farm Animal Welfare Science in Developing Nations (2020)

[Farm Animal Welfare] Grant investigator: Amanda Hungerford and Lewis Bollard This page was reviewed but not written by the grant investigators. International Society for Applied Ethology staff also reviewed this page prior to publication. Open Philanthropy recommended a grant of $229,830 over three years to the International Society for Applied Ethology (ISAE) to advance welfare science in developing nations. Developing nations account for an increasing share of the world’s factory farmed animals, yet have relatively few farm animal welfare scientists. ISAE intends to use these funds to host workshops and meetings, and to provide scholarships for farm animal welfare scientists in developing nations. Our farm animal welfare team believes ISAE’s work could help to both accelerate the development of farm animal welfare science in developing nations and increase the likelihood that the science focuses primarily on welfare rather than productivity. This follows our April 2018 support and falls within our focus area of farm animal welfare.