Faunalytics

Plant-based diets have been at the core of the debate on food and food systems, given their benefits to both health and the environment. In this study, plant-based diets are understood as those in which animal products are reduced or eliminated — namely, flexitarian, vegetarian, and vegan diets. The study focused on university students in Brazil, exploring the factors that in...

“What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.”
– Jane Goodall

Animal protection has been my passion for as long as I can remember, as natural and important to me as the air I breathe. I started volunteering for animal-related organizations in high school, and...

The Executive Director (ED) leads Faunalytics with strategic vision, external presence, and operational accountability. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the ED is the organization’s chief executive, chief fundraiser, strategy lead, and primary ambassador to the animal pro...

The Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation is the European Union’s main chemical safety law. It requires companies to test chemicals they manufacture or import for health and environmental effects, and the European Chemicals Agency, or ECHA, oversees the process. Most public discussion of REACH’s animal use fo...

In this study, perspective-taking is defined as “mentally adopting or understanding another individual’s point of view by imagining their thoughts and feelings.” It’s a cognitive process that can also be accompanied by empathy — sharing in that individual’s emotional states.

Given how many decisions humans make that affect other species, promoting perspectiv...