In this interview, we chat to Neil Dullaghan, a Senior Researcher at Rethink Priorities, a think tank that pursues and shares research with key decision makers about how to best help people and non-human animals both now and in the long-term future.

We talk about Neil's work on animal welfare, why people might choose to prioritize farmed animal welfare or wild animal welfare, the role of research in the animal welfare landscape, and what you can do to help non-human animals Neil also discusses how the principles of effective altruism inform his work, and that of Rethink Priorities.

If you'd like to learn more about Rethink Priorities, visit their website: https://rethinkpriorities.org/

CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Introduction to Neil and Rethink Priorities 01:24 - What attracts Neil to effective altruism 01:51 - Neil makes the case for focusing on farmed animal welfare 03:21 - The work Rethink Priorities is doing on farmed animal welfare 03:53 - Considerations for working on wild animal welfare 05:16 - Advice for small to medium donors interested in farmed animal welfare 07:00 - The different approaches to improving animal welfare 08:53 - Policy intervention success stories 09:36 - Why research is important for improving animal lives 11:39 - How Neil became passionate about animal welfare 12:10 - Beyond donating, what can people do to help? 13:03 - How Neil has changed his approach to giving, research, and advocacy 14:10 - Forecasting the cultured meat landscape going forward 16:58 - How would Neil spend a billion dollars? 17:54 - Neil's asks for viewers

SOURCES & FURTHER READING: 🌍Organisational spending on farmed animal welfare: 👉 Spending in 2020 https://farmedanimalfunders.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/External-FAF-State-of-the-Movement-Report-2021.pdf 👉 Neglected spending areas https://www.vox.com/2021/11/26/22772693/animal-rights-welfare-movement-global-factory-farming

🌍Donor advice & resources: 👉 Giving What We Can Recommendations https://givingwhatwecan.org/best-charities 👉 EA Animal Welfare Fund  https://funds.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare 👉 The importance of small donors https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/cjH2puDzAFrtrrThQ/despite-billions-of-extra-funding-small-donors-can-still

CREDITS: Production: Julian Hazell & Grace Adams Videographer and video editor: Andy Brice Video editor: Marco Shimabukuro Interviewer: Luke Freeman Guest: Neil Dullaghan

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