Alexis discusses Animal Charity Evaluators, and cause prioritization applied to non-human animal charities. He tackles 4 key questions: a) Is animal advocacy an effective cause area? b) Which part of animal advocacy should we focus on? c) What are some top charities that deal with animal advocacy? d) What can we do about the problem of animal suffering? Please see his discussion on stage with Peter Singer too. Animal Charity Evaluators: Our mission is to find and promote the most effective ways to help animals. We do this by analyzing research on methods of helping animals in order to provide research of interventions and top-charity recommendations; and by offering suggestions on being a more effective animal advocate by providing career, charity, and volunteering advice. Bio: Alexis is a research intern at Animal Charity Evaluators, where he is preparing case studies for ACE’s ongoing Social Movements Project. His research has focuses on the children’s rights and tobacco control movements. Alexis has been a Youth Member of Parliament and a Youth Ambassador for UNICEF in New Zealand. He currently studies economics at the Toulouse School of Economics in France.

1. CONTEMPLATE | EVALUATE |
ADVOCATE
Animal Charity Evaluators
EA Global 2015

2. ANIMAL CHARITY EVALUATORS
Our mission is to find and promote the most effective ways to help animals. We do this by analyzing
research on methods of helping animals in order to provide research of interventions and top-charity
recommendations; and by offering suggestions on being a more effective animal advocate by
providing career, charity, and volunteering advice.

3. IS ANIMAL ADVOCACY AN
EFFECTIVE CAUSE AREA?
TOP CHARITIES
3
WHICH PART OF ANIMAL
ADVOCACY SHOULD WE
FOCUS ON?
AGENDA
WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT THE
PROBLEM?

4. IS ANIMAL ADVOCACY AN
EFFECTIVE CAUSE AREA?
4
AGENDA

5. CATEGORIES
Scale
The size of the problem.
Neglectedness
The amount of work already being done on the problem.
Tractability
The potential for creating change needed to solve the problem.

6. SCALE
7 Billion
100 Billion
- 1 Trillion
33 Billion

7. SCALE

8. Animal and
Environmental Causes 3%
NEGLECTEDNESS
Other
Charitable Causes97
%

9. TRACTABILITY
Success within the movement
Public awareness and support
Historical evidence
Room for funding

10. 10
WHICH PART OF ANIMAL
ADVOCACY SHOULD WE
FOCUS ON?
AGENDA

11. CAUSE AREAS
Companion
Animals
Animals Used for
Entertainment
Animals Used
In Research
Animals in
the Wild
Animals Used
for Food

12. 1%
99%
NUMBER OF LAND ANIMALS KILLED
In the United States
By area of use
in research, for fur/apparel,
and in shelters
for food

13. ALLOCATION OF DONATIONS
In the United States
By area of advocacy
all other advocacy areas
(companion animals, used in
research, for fur/clothing, etc.)
farmed animal advocacy
1%
99%

14. Veganism on the rise
Vegetarisch
Leberwurst (meat product as baseline)
Frequency of the following search
words on Google in Germany:
Vegan

15. EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
www.whosagainstanimalcruelty.org/
Are you against animal cruelty?
Estimated percent of viewers
that go vegetarian.
2.1%
Estimated cost to create diet change
equivalent to 1 year of vegetarianism.
$1.46
Online Ads

16. Farmed Animal Advocacy
HIGH-IMPACT CAUSE AREAS

17. TOP CHARITIES
AGENDA

18. Room for
More Funding
Cost-
Effectiveness
RECOMMENDATION CRITERIA
$
Mission-
Effectiveness
Understanding of
Success/Failure
Track Record
of Success
Strong
Leadership
Transparency

19. TOP CHARITIES
December 2014 Evaluation

20. IMPACT OF DONATIONS
Estimated animals saved by $1000 donation
AnimalsSaved
Animal Shelter ACE Recommended
Organization
10
100
1000
10000
100000
4769
2.45

21. STANDOUT CHARITIES
December 2014 Evaluation

22. AGENDA
WHAT CAN WE DO
ABOUT THE
PROBLEM?

23. REDUCE ANIMAL PRODUCT CONSUMPTION
Vegan except for
dairy
Vegan Vegetarian No Fish or Poultry No Red Meat
100% 99.6%
89%
4%
84%
Suffering Reduced by Diet Change

24. SUPPORT OUR TOP CHARITIES
Volunteer and Donate Effectively

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