AXRP now has a store, where you can buy t-shirts and hoodies and stickers and such.
AXRP now has a Patreon and a ko-fi, where you can support the podcast and get some perks.
There’s now a video of an excerpt from episode 14, where Vanessa Kosoy explains the monotonicity principle, illustrated by Hamish Doodles - hopefully the first of many!
I am writing up two charity ideas I’ve wanted to investigate, but haven’t been able to, in the hopes someone will investigate them further. If you end up investigating either, I'd be most interested to see what conclusions you come to!
Vulture preservation as a global health intervention
Since the mid 1990's the vulture population in India has been rapidly declining. The reason is due to a few chemicals which are fed to livestock, which is highly poisonous to vultures.
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Summary
This post will summarize the trajectory of Wild Animal Initiative’s field-building for wild animal welfare science so far, along with patterns and indicators we want to see more of going forward. Beginning with an initial phase focused on establishing credibility and awareness of the field, through a second phase that has placed more emphasis on the distinctiveness and broad priorities of the field, we are now moving into a third phase designed to co...