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Animal welfare: Methods to improve policy and practice
Mark Budolfson1,2,3, Bob Fischer4,5, Noah Scovronick6
1Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Justice, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 6, 2023
Summary
New methods allow for a unified measurement of human and animal welfare. This creates novel policy-making tools for assessing well-being across species.
Area of Science:
- Ethical science
- Comparative psychology
- Policy studies
Background:
- Assessing animal and human welfare often involves disparate metrics.
- A common scale for welfare assessment is lacking.
- This hinders comparative analysis and policy development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To introduce novel methodologies for quantifying human and animal welfare.
- To establish a common scale for welfare assessment.
- To provide new tools for evidence-based policy creation.
Main Methods:
- Development of novel quantitative methods.
- Cross-species welfare metric integration.
- Validation of a common welfare scale.
Main Results:
- Emergence of new methods to quantify welfare.
- Establishment of a common scale for human and animal welfare.
- Creation of new tools for policy application.
Conclusions:
- New quantitative methods offer a unified approach to welfare assessment.
- A common welfare scale facilitates interspecies comparison.
- These advancements provide valuable tools for policy-making.
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