In recent years, animal advocacy has seen some promising victories. Unfortunately, given the scale of animal suffering, organizations continue to be significantly constrained. This means that a humble donation can go a long way. With this post, I want to highlight a few groups you may want to consider as targets for your (greatly appreciated) support in 2025.
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Building a better future for animals together
You may not be looking forward to the future. Sometimes it’s hard to be optimistic, especially when we think about the scale of factory farming. Never in our history as humankind have we created so much unnecessary misery. To make matters worse, factory farming continues to grow.
At the same time, we do observe progress. Each year brings new developments and victories, and so has 2024. In Anima International, we did our part, which I’m very happy about.
It is easy to underrate this very trajectory because we often get frustrated that the changes are not happening fast enough. However, I would argue that we—including you, dear reader—are making history together. Big market players and governments are making consequential changes, and the animal advocacy movement has never been in a better condition (I wrote more about it here).
Working in this cause area and remaining hopeful may feel bizarre. You need to hold two very contrasting thoughts in your mind at the same time: 1) the current world is hell, built by us, humans; 2) it is us who are capable of making it great. It’s doable: we see how tractable the work has been, how receptive the society is, and how—even with limited resources—we can achieve progress.
I’m optimistic but also cautious. We need to tread carefully to be sure we are spending our limited resources responsibly.
CARE 2024 conference.
Hard work and tough beginnings
I don’t want to imply the work is easy and that we should expect a lot of success in the short term.
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