New from Faunalytics: 50% of non-vegan Gen Z Indians say they’re open to going vegan — but most just need better info to get there. 🌱 Full study → faunalytics.org/plant-based-...

The Multi-Generational Kitchen: How To Market Plant-Based Eating To Indian Gen Z Households - Faunalytics

Faunalytics surveyed hundreds of Indian Gen Z adults, asking about household food dynamics, food choice motivations, familiarity with plant-based products, and barriers to plant-based eating. Our repo...

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We're looking for speakers for our upcoming remote symposium in Sept! Last year we had great talks on fish advocacy, anti-vivisection, and farmed animal welfare. Please consider submitting a proposal if you research/teach about any of these topics or another topic relevant to animal advocacy!

Faunalytics@faunalytics.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The call for proposals for Fauna Connections 2026 is now open! We’re looking for brilliant minds in the social sciences to present research syntheses that empower animal advocates globally. ✨ Applications due: May 29th ✨ Symposium date: September 10th https://faunalytics.org/fauna-connections/

Did companies meet the popular 2025 deadline to go #cage-free? As of February 2026, only 64% of global cage-free egg commitments with a deadline of 2025 or earlier have been fulfilled vs. 93% of those with a 2024 deadline. New analysis from @faunalytics.bsky.social 🔗 faunalytics.org/tactics-in-p...

"In an age when so many books are being banned, when the rights of women, and BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ people are regressing in many places, reading love stories can be a radical act of empathy and self-care." My wonderful friend's take on romance books: sophicandsmutty.substack.com/p/disdain-fo...

🚩Disdain for Romance is a Red Flag for Misogyny🚩

It's my hill and I will die on it if I want to

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The list might get long, but some of my favourites: —Other minds. the octopus, the sea, and the deep origins of consciousness. P. Godfrey-Smith. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2016 1/ #AnimalMinds #OtherMinds

I want to read more about the philosophy of consciousness (not sentience) in non-human animals, particularly on self-consciousness and self-awareness. I know @birchlse.bsky.social has worked on this. Who else can I add to my reading queue? Thanks!

Plot Twist 🔃 Scientists don’t want to be experimented on. A new qualitative study by @c-rp.bsky.social et al. asked animal research professionals to imagine themselves as the test subjects, under the control of hyperintelligent extraterrestrials applying the #3Rs to experiments on humans.

Useful new data from @faunalytics.bsky.social's @andreapolanco.bsky.social 👇

Andrea Polanco, PhD@andreapolanco.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@faunalytics.bsky.social tracked the # of animals used in research in Canada (since 1985) & the U.S. (since 1973) as reported by gov't or national agencies. The # of tracked animals in science is increasing in Canada, but decreasing in the U.S. (But the USDA excludes rodents, fish, & other species)

FYI for those who rely on online panels for data collection (e.g., surveys, polls, online experiments, etc): www.nature.com/articles/d41...

AI chatbots are infiltrating social-science surveys — and getting better at avoiding detection

A researcher has created a chatbot that is indistinguishable from human participants in online surveys. Some researchers fear that a workhorse of social science is now under threat.

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@faunalytics.bsky.social tracked the # of animals used in research in Canada (since 1985) & the U.S. (since 1973) as reported by gov't or national agencies. The # of tracked animals in science is increasing in Canada, but decreasing in the U.S. (But the USDA excludes rodents, fish, & other species)

Some people need to read this metaphor to "get it."

Tapani Hopkins@tapani-hopkins.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Yes, it'll make lots of research harder. And my research would also be easier if wrongdoing was allowed. I could recruit 20 slaves from North Korea to process the material and have the biodiversity crisis under control in no time. But that's not allowed and not right, so I don't do it.

Articles like this are frustrating to read. They rarely discuss the ethics of animal testing & just accept the status quo that testing on non-consenting animals is morally okay. If other animals had similar rights to humans in research, most of it wouldn’t be allowed: faunalytics.org/why-we-need-...

Why We Need Proper Ethical Guidelines On Animal Research - Faunalytics

Bioethicists argue that a ‘Belmont Report’ – a document which outlines ethical guidelines for human research – is long overdue for non-human animal research.

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Science Magazine@science.org · 6mo ago

Breaking news: One of the largest monkey research centers in the United States has taken the first steps toward converting itself into a primate sanctuary, a seismic change that would affect biomedical research across the country. https://scim.ag/4bH2COV

Say what you want about PETA, but they are the GOAT when it comes to antivivisection wins!

PETA@peta.org · 6mo ago

BREAKING: After YEARS of PETA pressure, the Oregon National Primate Research Center will negotiate an end to ALL experiments on monkeys & transition to a sanctuary in a massive win🐒 The closure would end 60 years of cruel tests & saves 5,000 monkeys!

Over a hundred years ago, one small brown dog became a symbol of resistance. His suffering sparked public outrage, riots, and a movement that still stands united against animal experimentation today. On National Brown Dog Day, we remember his story: riseforanimals.org/news/brown-d...

Remembering the Brown Dog Who Helped Launch Our Movement

Over 100 years ago, the Brown Dog Affair exposed the cruelty of vivisection, sparked riots, and helped ignite a global movement against animal experimentation—an urgent story with lasting relevance to...

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Colleagues & I worked with @usgao.bsky.social for a year to clarify a major discrepancy in NIH's reported spending on animal experimentation. Now GAO has re-released its report to more accurately reflect what we do & don't know about NIH’s use of public funds: www.gao.gov/assets/gao-2... 🧵👇

New episode! What should parents feed their kids? Meat or plant-based? We use ethics, science and psychology to tackle this big one, and put 2 philosophers' arguments to the test with parents

V skeptical of an animal testing company, w/ a history of negligence, claiming they should handle lab monkey retirement b/c sanctuaries can't (capacity is a real issue, but still). Buried in the PR fluff is the real goal: keeping retired animals for "future public health or biodefense emergencies."

Colombia just made animal protection education mandatory in schools, a great real-world example of humane education, which I recently researched for @faunalytics.bsky.social! The theory: sustained education ➡️ deeper thinking ➡️ empathy ➡️ empowered change. But there’s a big challenge...

I finally completed my tattoo leg sleeve that commemorates laboratory animals (my PhD focused on lab monkeys). I love horror so I wanted this sleeve to be vengeful & to depict revenge (tw: gore). It was completed in 4 sessions by korztattoo in Montréal. #vegantattoo www.reddit.com/r/tattoos/s/...

From the tattoos community on Reddit: Anti-animal testing leg sleeve by Korztattoo/Lisa Korzenowski (Montréal, Canada)

Explore this post and more from the tattoos community

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"The Environmental Protection Agency will stop using rabbits, mice, rats and other mammals to test the toxicity of chemicals by 2035." Big win for lab animals in the U.S. Unfortunately, however, the ban doesn't include fish. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/c...

E.P.A. Promises a Ban on Animal Testing by 2035

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🐔 We're hiring! Visit thl.link/4ba4oYx for more information on our 5️⃣ open positions!

These are my best pictures of 2025 😤

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social · 7mo ago

The nominees for Best Picture at the 98th Academy Awards 🎥 #Oscars

Some stories are only revealed through sound. Industry Standard is a vinyl album built from undercover field recordings gathered during investigations into animal industries. Sonic Art meets Animal Advocacy. Out 18 Jan (new moon). Pre-order: www.tracksinvestigations.org/industrystan...

For those who enjoy experimental music or want to listen to something new, I highly recommend Industry Standard by @tracksinvest.bsky.social & Gnostic Front. GF manipulated audio from undercover footage into music. It's mindblowing. BUY the vinyl here: www.tracksinvestigations.org/industrystan...

"Republicans have shown they can challenge the animal research field, but the real test will be whether it can do the same for the livestock sector."

Kenny Torrella@kennytorrella.bsky.social · 7mo ago

American voters support animal welfare — and MAGA is seizing on it: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

Some U.S. primate research centers are preparing for closure in case they lose more NIH funding. Oregon Health & Science University estimates $241m to close their primate center & move animals to other sites vs. $220m-$291m to convert to a sanctuary. Abolishing this industry is near!

ICE’s public violence should be a reminder that they commit brutal acts in private facilities too. Every report has been horrific and we only have the smallest glimpse into the horrors.

2025 was ICE’s deadliest year in two decades. Here are the 32 people who died in custody

The deaths came as the Trump administration ramped up immigration enforcement, detaining a record number of people

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Started a list on @letterboxd.social focusing on fictional portrayals of the ALF. What am I missing? No documentaries please, just movies!

Great coverage of our poll and its implications for legal animal advocacy. Can advocates really challenge “commonly accepted” factory farming practices when that phrase is ambiguous—does it mean what the public believes or what Big Ag claims?

Sentient@sentientmedia.org · 8mo ago

A new poll by @faunalytics.bsky.social suggests that most American adults consider standard factory farm practices — including battery cages and routine mutilations — unacceptable. @gaeacabico.bsky.social reports:

My fab colleague conducted desk research on how international orgs (IFC, UN FAO, & WTO) influence the growth of animal agriculture in low- & middle-income countries (LMICs). LMICs are the world's top-producing animal slaughter countries, with consumption predicted to ⬆️ by 14% in these regions.

Faunalytics@faunalytics.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Animal product consumption in low- and middle-income countries is predicted to grow by 14% over the next decade. Our new report investigates the international orgs driving this expansion and how advocates can intervene to promote sustainable, plant-based solutions. faunalytics.org/globalizing-...