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| 2013 || {{dts|June 24}} || Publication || Brian Tomasik || Brian Tomasik publishes "Applied Welfare Biology and Why Wild-Animal Advocates Should Focus on Not Spreading Nature".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tomasik |first1=Brian |title=Applied Welfare Biology and Why Wild-Animal Advocates Should Focus on Not Spreading Nature |url=http://reducing-suffering.org/applied-welfare-biology-wild-animal-advocates-focus-spreading-nature/ |website=Essays on Reducing Suffering |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622113142/http://reducing-suffering.org/applied-welfare-biology-wild-animal-advocates-focus-spreading-nature/ |archivedate=2018-06-22 |deadurl=no |date=24 June 2013}}</ref>
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| 2013 || {{dts|September 4}} || Publication || Brian Tomasik || Brian Tomasik publishes "Intention-Based Moral Reactions Distort Intuitions about Wild Animals".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tomasik |first1=Brian |title=Intention-Based Moral Reactions Distort Intuitions about Wild Animals |url=https://reducing-suffering.org/intention-based-moral-reactions-distort-intuitions-about-wild-animals/ |website=Essays on Reducing Suffering |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622113135/https://reducing-suffering.org/intention-based-moral-reactions-distort-intuitions-about-wild-animals/ |archivedate=2018-06-22 |deadurl=no |date=September 4, 2013}}</ref>The essay argues that one reason the problem of wild-animal suffering is often overlooked is that humans tend to focus on moral problems that are caused by identifiable moral agents. On the other hand, wild-animal suffering generally lacks intentionality, being a result of natural processes rather than deliberate action.
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| 2013 || {{dts|November}}? || Publication || Brian Tomasik || Brian Tomasik publishes "Crop Cultivation and Wild Animals".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Tomasik|first1=Brian|title=Crop Cultivation and Wild Animals|url=http://reducing-suffering.org/crop-cultivation-and-wild-animals/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180721224207/https://reducing-suffering.org/crop-cultivation-and-wild-animals/|archivedate=2018-07-21| website=Essays on Reducing Suffering|date=2013|deadurl=no}}</ref>
| 2014 || {{dts|July 8}} || Publication || || The Wikipedia article "Wild animal suffering" is published.<ref>{{cite web|website=Wikipedia|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wild_animal_suffering&oldid=616156599|date=8 July 2014|title=Wild animal suffering|archiveurl=https://archive.is/7y09O|archivedate=2018-07-22|deadurl=no|quote=Ruairí Donnelly moved page User:Ruairí Donnelly/sandbox to Wild animal suffering: Article is ready to be published}}</ref>
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| 2015 || {{dts|February 3}} || Publication || Brian Tomasik || Brian Tomasik publishes "The Importance of Insect Suffering".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tomasik |first1=Brian |title=The Importance of Insect Suffering |url=https://reducing-suffering.org/the-importance-of-insect-suffering/ |website=Essays on Reducing Suffering |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630170049/https://reducing-suffering.org/the-importance-of-insect-suffering/ |archivedate=2018-06-30 |deadurl=no |date=February 3, 2015}}</ref>The article argues that given the significant chance that insects feel pain and the large number of insects, altruists should take insect suffering into consideration in their personal activities and choices of environmental policy.
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| 2015 || {{dts|February}} || Podcast || Brian Tomasik || Brian Tomasik is interviewed about wild-animal suffering on the podcast [[wikipedia:Reality Check (podcast)|The Reality Check]].<ref>http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-336-american-sniper-brian-tomasik-on-wild-animal-suffering-rent-to-own/</ref><ref>http://www.trcpodcast.com/trc-337-women-in-science-brian-tomasik-on-wild-animal-suffering-part-2-blue-blood/</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts|November 1}} || Publication || Luke Hecht || Luke Hecht of Wild Animal Initiative publishes the article "Welfare expectancy: Age-specific survivorship frames the expected value of wild animal welfare".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hecht |first1=Luke |title=Welfare expectancy: Age-specific survivorship frames the expected value of wild animal welfare |url=https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/welfare-expectancy |website=Wild Animal Initiative |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614144941/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/welfare-expectancy |archivedate=2020-06-14 |date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts|November 18}} || Funding || || ACE's Effective Animal Advocacy Fund grants US$60,000 to Wild Animal Initiative.<ref>{{cite web |last1=van der Werf |first1=Marianne |title=Announcing Our Fall 2019 Effective Animal Advocacy Fund Grants |url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/blog/announcing-our-fall-2019-eaa-fund-grants/ |website=Animal Charity Evaluators |accessdate=16 June 2020 |date=18 November 2019}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts|November 21}} || Funding || Lewis Bollard, Natalie Cargill, Karolina Sarek, Alexandria Beck, Kieran Greig || The EA Animal Welfare Fund management team (Lewis Bollard, Natalie Cargill, Karolina Sarek, Alexandria Beck, Kieran Greig) grants $85,000 from the EA Animal Welfare Fund to Wild Animal Initiative. Also, they grant $135,000 to Rethink Priorities, whose research agenda includes research into wild animal welfare.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/3Q5GxzKKpuXEXW0RuV4lvz|title = Payout Report: Animal Welfare Fund. November 2019 - Animal Welfare Fund Grants|date = November 21, 2019|accessdate = June 16, 2020|publisher = Effective Altruism Funds}}</ref>
