Animal Ethics (organization)

For the moral status and treatment of nonhuman animals, see Animal ethics.
Animal Ethics
AbbreviationAE
Formation2012 (2012)
Founders
TypeNonprofit
EIN 46-1062870[1]
Legal status501(c)(3) organization[1]
PurposeEducation and outreach on animal ethics and speciesism
Location
Region
Global
Official language
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Telugu[2]
Managing directors
  • Olaia Freiría
  • Leah McKelvie[3]
Revenue$147,844 (2024[4])
Websiteanimal-ethics.org

Animal Ethics (AE) is an American nonprofit organization based in Oakland, California, founded in 2012 by Daniel Dorado, Oscar Horta, and Leah McKelvie. The organization produces educational materials and carries out outreach on animal ethics topics including speciesism, sentience, veganism and wild animal suffering, and describes its aim as extending moral consideration to all sentient beings. Its website publishes content in multiple languages, and it has expanded its work to additional language audiences and regions. Horta has said that one reason for establishing the organization was to promote welfare biology as a field of research. Animal Ethics has run projects including essay prizes and an online course focused on wild animal suffering, and was recommended by Animal Charity Evaluators as a standout charity from December 2015 to November 2017.

Founding

Animal Ethics was co-founded by Daniel Dorado, Oscar Horta, and Leah Mckelvie in 2012.[5] Horta has said that one reason for establishing the organization was to promote welfare biology as a field of research.[6]

Methods

Animal Ethics produces educational materials about animal ethics and related topics, and describes its aims as promoting discussion and debate about animal ethics and providing information and resources for animal advocates. It has carried out outreach work in several countries on the topic of speciesism.[3][7] Its stated aim is to extend moral consideration to all sentient beings.[8][9]

The organization's website covers topics including speciesism, sentience, veganism, and wild animal suffering, and it publishes content in multiple languages.[10]

Activities

In 2015, Leah McKelvie published a report about the organization in the ethics journal, Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism.[9]

The organization has run projects focused on wild animal suffering, including essay prizes (awarded in 2015 and 2017) and an online course launched in 2020.[11][12]

Animal Ethics began publishing resources in Chinese in 2018, and in 2020 it extended its outreach work to India and launched a Hindi version of its website.[13][14] In 2024, it released an Arabic version of their website.[15]

In 2020 and 2021, Animal Ethics marked the World Day for the End of Speciesism by broadcasting online talks about speciesism in English, Portuguese and Spanish.[16][17]

Reception

Animal Charity Evaluators recommended Animal Ethics as one of its standout charities from December 2015 to November 2017.[18]

Raising for Effective Giving has described it as a long-term, anti-speciesist outreach organization focused on under-addressed issues, and said its approach aims at broad societal change and targets major sources of animal suffering, with impacts expected over decades.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Animal Ethics Inc". Candid. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Animal Ethics". Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  3. ^ a b "About Us". Animal Ethics. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  4. ^ "Animal Ethics Inc". ProPublica. May 9, 2013. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  5. ^ "Conversation with Leah McKelvie and Oscar Horta, Animal Ethics". Animal Charity Evaluators. December 1, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  6. ^ Matthews, Dylan (April 12, 2021). "The wild frontier of animal welfare". Vox. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Animal Ethics". Raising for Effective Giving. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  8. ^ "About Animal Ethics Vision, Mission and Values" (PDF). Animal Charity Evaluators. 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  9. ^ a b McKelvie, Leah (May 11, 2015). "Seeking to Increase Awareness of Speciesism and Its Impact on All Animals: a Report on 'Animal Ethics'". Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism. 3 (1): 101–104. doi:10.7358/rela-2015-001-mcke. ISSN 2280-9643.
  10. ^ "Animal Ethics leaflets are available in seven different languages". Animal Ethics. October 30, 2018. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "2nd Animal Ethics Essay Prize Announcement". Animal Ethics. December 27, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  12. ^ "Announcing the first video of an online course on wild animal suffering". Animal Ethics. February 29, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  13. ^ "Animal Ethics 2018" (PDF). Animal Ethics. January 1, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "Introducing our website in Hindi". Animal Ethics. September 29, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  15. ^ "Animal Ethics website is now available in Arabic". Animal Ethics. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  16. ^ "Talks for the World Day for the End of Speciesism". Animal Ethics. August 15, 2020. Archived from the original on May 11, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  17. ^ "World Day for the End of Speciesism". Animal Ethics. July 14, 2021. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  18. ^ "Animal Ethics Review". Animal Charity Evaluators. November 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2019.

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