Are consumers also assumers? Researchers investigate whether U.K. shoppers make the mental leap from eco-friendly to animal-friendly when it comes to dairy products.
https://faunalytics.org/the-humane-halo-influencing-dairy-consumers/
This month’s Faunalytics Index provides facts and stats about introducing new cats to multi-cat households, support for a meat tax in Finland, deterring black bears from residential garbage, and more.
https://faunalytics.org/faunalytics-index-march-2026/
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By: karol orzechowski on Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Without a shared understanding of what “access” means, progress toward equitable veterinary care remains fragmented and inconsistent.
https://faunalytics.org/defining-access-to-veterinary-care-why-words-matter/
While companion animals can boost their guardian’s well-being, the responsibility of caring for them often leads people to delay or refuse healthcare and social services.
https://faunalytics.org/integrating-companion-animals-into-healthcare-and-social-services/
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Researchers mapped the links between food production and antimicrobial resistance, revealing a complex web connecting animal, human, and ecosystem health.
https://faunalytics.org/how-food-systems-drive-antimicrobial-resistance-and-why/
Harmful bacteria are frequently found in animal products and are best known for causing gastrointestinal distress. Exposure to bacteria originating from contaminated meat may also contribute to UTIs.
https://faunalytics.org/contaminated-meat-an-overlooked-cause-of-urinary-tract-infections/
Even though voters banned veal crates, a loophole means that dairy calves can still legally be kept in similarly small spaces (crates) if they’re raised for beef, as the law just prohibits "veal" crates.
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/480529/calf-ranches-grimmius-investigation-dairy-confinement
In Switzerland, environmental protection goals strongly polarize along political lines, while animal welfare concerns remain relatively high across the political spectrum.
https://faunalytics.org/political-orientation-shapes-food-system-priorities/
Can telling customers that plant-based meals are growing in popularity — a dynamic norm message — increase their uptake on a restaurant menu?
https://faunalytics.org/marketing-plant-based-meals-using-dynamic-social-norms/
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Taken together, these responses indicate that, in this sample, social identity and socio-economic conditions were treated as key contextual factors to weigh alongside political and organizational conditions when assessing possible campaign directions.
In this small sample, advocates often focused on managing backlash and regulatory risk, so their reflections emphasized working around powerful actors rather than trying to change their positions directly.
they typically described them as sources of risk or resistance (for example, a strong dairy lobby or risk of government pushback) rather than as primary audiences for engagement within the timeframe of their campaigns.
Stakeholder-related reflections represented a smaller share of the data (12%). When respondents did mention stakeholders such as government agencies, businesses, media, or communities, …
A Key Finding: Stakeholder groups were more often described as constraints to navigate than as primary audiences for influence.
5th and final key finding! In our latest research conducted with The Good Growth Co., we developed and tested a “contextual advocacy framework” to help food system advocates move beyond global narratives and into local impact. 🧵
Research finds that voters already strongly support banning foie gras from force‑fed ducks and geese, and that doing so is unlikely to hurt local restaurants.
https://proanimal.org/new-csu-study-finds-87-percent-of-americans-support-ban-on-force-fed-foie-gras/
This pilot study proposes a practical framework for India that supports advocates and funders to design, adapt, and evaluate campaigns under India’s contextual realities.
https://faunalytics.org/food-systems-advocacy-in-the-global-south-a-framework-and-pilot-in-india/
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A key question for future work is whether using the contextual advocacy framework can help teams bring these considerations into earlier planning and campaign review, or whether it mainly formalizes practices already used by a subset of organizations.
This pattern may indicate that some internal factors became more salient once campaigns were underway instead of being explicitly considered at the outset.
Mentions of staffing, resources, internal coordination, and related organizational elements appeared primarily in responses describing challenges, pivots, or adjustments rather than in answers about initial campaign design.
A Key Finding: Organizational factors were mentioned more often in mid-campaign reflections than in early planning.
4th key finding! In our latest research conducted with The Good Growth Co., we developed and tested a “contextual advocacy framework” to help food system advocates move beyond global narratives and into local impact. 🧵
