How I Learned to Love Shrimp

Neil Dullaghan, Senior Research Manager at Rethink Priorities, discusses his EU policy research and impactful projects. Topics include neglected animals like shrimp, the landscape of animal advocacy, phasing out cages in the EU, tangible impact of research, balancing theory and implementation in politics, evaluating grants, changing opinions through media, and book/podcast recommendations.

Karolina Sarek, co-founder of Charity Entrepreneurship, discusses the benefit of joining their charity incubator for animal charities. Topics covered include the long-term focus of ending factory farming, misconceptions in the animal welfare movement, the mission of Charity Entrepreneurship, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. They also touch on legislative changes, upcoming program deadlines, and how to get involved.

Amanda Hungerford, Farm Animal Welfare Program Officer at Open Philanthropy, discusses common misconceptions about Open Philanthropy's grantmaking, challenges with corporate campaigns, strategies that Amanda is excited about, and their funding for global animal welfare advocacy. They also explore the stability of farm animal welfare funding and express gratitude for the podcast.

Andrés Jiménez Zorrilla from the Shrimp Welfare Initiative discusses the importance of shrimp welfare in shrimp farming. Topics covered include improving shrimp welfare practices in Europe and Asia, welfare concerns in farming such as poor water quality and inhumane slaughter practices, success regions of the Shrimp Welfare Project, the impact of effective altruism on animal advocacy, recent news in Spain regarding pets, and ways to get involved and support shrimp welfare.

Nikunj Sharma, CEO of Mercy for Animals India, discusses animal advocacy in India, expanding globally, and the influence of religion. They also mention the importance of policy changes, media campaigns, and sustainable farming practices.

Carolina is the ​​founder and Executive Director of Sinergia Animal, an Animal Charity Evaluators’ StandOut charity working in nine countries of The Global South.Carolina has twenty years of experience in advocacy, fundraising, strategic planning, management, and campaigning. Before founding Sinergia, she worked in more than thirty countries as an investigative journalist for various animal welfare, environmental and social justice organisations.In this episode Carolina talks us through the growth of Sinergia, their current programmes and the importance of diversifying tactics across the movement. Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Sinergia Animal’s WebsiteFinancial Institutions CampaignMeat Reduction CampaignJob BoardDonate to Sinergia AnimalBrazil Bans Live Cattle Exports articleManaging to change the world - Alison Green, Jerry HauserSelf Compassion - Dr Kristen NeffIf you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

karol is the Content Director for Faunalytics who are dedicated to helping animal advocates improve the effectiveness and impact of their work through research and data. In this episode karol - a long-time animal advocate with a background in media, filmmaking, and investigative work - talks through Faunalytics most interesting research, and his responsibility for curating the research in the Faunalytics Research Library and some handy tips for digesting and communicating data to a wide audience.Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Research LibraryOriginal StudiesResearch PrioritizationFaunalytics 2014 study on vegetarians regressions2023 version on vegetarian regression (Three Parts: I, II, III)Other 2023 reportsWork on subsidiesWelfare ReformsMuch more hereChina report?SCL SHAC research Faunalytics new piece on invertebratesIf you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

Emre Kaplan, Executive Director at Farmed Animal Protection Association in Turkey, shares insights on starting an animal advocacy organization in Turkey, challenges faced, growth strategies, and empowering animal activism. Topics include cage-free campaigns, corporate campaigning, farmer protests, Brazil's live export ban, and media recommendations for advocacy work.

Edie is the Managing Director and a Solicitor at Advocates for Animals, the first UK law firm dedicated to animal protection.In this episode, we chat to Edie about representing The Humane League UK in the up and coming court case challenging DEFRA. The judicial review case will see Advocates for Animals argue that fast-growing chicken breeds are illegal under current animal welfare laws. We also talk through their enforcement work with Animal Equality, another first-of-its-kind case in the UK. Edie talks to us about how using the law to protect animals is a neglected area of work and why she wants to see more advocates utilising this tool as an effective tool for animal advocacy.Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Advocates for Animals websiteAnimal Law Foundation websiteEnforcement problem report in collaboration with Animal EqualityThe Humane League’s legal battle against DEFRAGuardian article on THL’s legal case against DEFRAIf you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!

Eva is a co-founder and Operations Lead of Pax Fauna, a nonprofit that seeks to revitalize the grassroots animal advocacy movement through conducting original research on messaging, strategy, and culture. In this episode, we discuss Pax Fauna’s 18-month narrative research project where they conducted over 100 hours of interviews with 200 meat-eating Americans, along with analysing hundreds of academic papers and running their own large-scale public opinion polling.  In addition, we also speak about the importance of work to shift societal norms,  Eva’s experience within Direct Action Everywhere and Pax Fauna’s upcoming work on ballot initiatives.Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Pax Fauna's narrative researchPax Fauna's two-part blog on "Welfare vs Abolitionism" is obsolete - Part 1 and Part 2An overview (by Pax Fauna) on Direct Action Everywhere's recent acquittal of animal rights activists who rescued pigs (see also coverage in The Intercept).A Vox article on another open-rescue acquittal, who rescued factory-farmed chickens from Foster Farms.If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - we would really appreciate it! Likewise, feel free to share it with anyone who you think might enjoy it. You can send us feedback and guest recommendations via Twitter or email us at hello@howilearnedtoloveshrimp.com. Enjoy!