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Everything is connected
Animal welfare touches questions many of us already care about. Pick one to see how the pieces connect, or connect an issue to an animal.
Quick answer
Animal welfare connects to climate change, food security, land and water use, public health, workers' rights, and social justice. Each page explains the link in plain language, with sourced figures and answers to common questions.
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Climate change
How the way animals are farmed connects to emissions, land, and a warming planet.
open pageFood security
Who gets enough to eat, and how animals fit into the food system.
open pageLand and water use
How much land and fresh water our food choices use.
open pagePublic health
What our food system means for human and community health.
open pageWorkers' rights
The people who raise, process, and move our food.
open pageSocial justice
Who is heard, who is protected, and who is left out.
open pageby the numbers
What the evidence says
Every figure links to its source. See all of them on our facts and sources page.
12%
FAO report on livestock emissions, 2023, as reported by AFP 2023
80%
Our World in Data, Global land for agriculture (FAO data; Poore and Nemecek, 2018) Recent estimate
73%
CIDRAP, reporting on the PLOS Global Public Health study and the WOAH annual report 2017 estimate
Connect an issue with an animal
How do animals connect to issues?