This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • This piece from the New Food Economy explores how milk supply chains for Hawaii differ from those in the continental U.S. and what one all-female enterprise…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • The Atlantic discusses the recent saga of an orca that lost a calf and the remarkable grieving process witnessed by scientists: This opened up a discussion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Marc Gunther discusses the controversy sparked when, a few months after stepping down as CEO of the Humane Society of the United States in disgrace, Wayne Pacelle returns to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: · The Guardian reports that a Republican-led modification made to the Endangered Species Act have put plants and animals across America in danger of extinction. · Why…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • As reported by GeekWire, Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo plans to roll out two new tech initiatives that will allow visitors to learn more about rhinos and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. They call Chris Winn the signatures guy. A delivery driver by day, he spends his free time drumming up support for animal rights. “When I did the shark fin ban…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than two thirds of American households own pets. Annually, they spend more than $50 billion on their care, giving their dogs birthday presents and having professional photographs taken. In fact, according to some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sexual harassment and gender bias in the animal welfare movement have been talked about for years, mostly but not entirely in private. Now the problems are bursting into public view,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like the fictional Herman Broder, Alex Hershaft is a Holocaust survivor who worries about the suffering of farm animals. Hershaft, too, sees similarities between the mindset of the Nazis and those who…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Americans were heartened to see news stories of animal rescue in the wake of hurricanes Harvey and Irma––and understandably so. Anyone who’s lived with a cat, a dog, or other…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Why is the FBI looking for a couple of sick pigs? Last summer, FBI agents visited animal sanctuaries in Utah and Colorado, seeking piglets that had been removed from a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ACE employs both qualitative and quantitative strategies in our work to identify highly effective ways to help animals. One way that we evaluate interventions or charities quantitatively is by assigning…