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| 2018 || {{dts|August 10}} || Publication || Steven Nadler || Steven Nadler's in his essay "We Have an Ethical Obligation to Relieve Individual Animal Suffering", argues that we should intervene to relieve suffering in the wild, using the example of a starving polar bear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aeon.co/ideas/we-have-an-ethical-obligation-to-relieve-individual-animal-suffering|title=We Have an Ethical Obligation to Relieve Individual Animal Suffering|date=2018-08-10|website=Aeon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-29}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| September 4 }} || Publication || Persis Eskander || Persis Eskander from Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "An Introduction to Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://was-research.org/paper/an-introduction-to-human-appropriation-of-net-primary-productivity/|title=An Introduction to Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity|last=Esk|first=Persis|last2=er|date=2018-09-04|website=Wild-Animal Suffering Research|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| September 9 }} || Publication || Ozy Brennan || Ozy Brennan from Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "Intervention Report: Feeding Wildlife As A Means of Promoting Welfare".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://was-research.org/paper/intervention-report-feeding-wildlife-as-a-means-of-promoting-welfare/|title=Intervention Report: Feeding Wildlife As A Means of Promoting Welfare|last=Brennan|first=Ozy|date=2018-09-09|website=Wild-Animal Suffering Research|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| October 18 }} || Publication || || Animal Ethics publishes "Research projects in welfare biology".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/research-projects-in-welfare-biology/|title=Research projects in welfare biology|last=Ethics|first=Animal|date=2018-10-18|website=Animal Ethics|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| October 28 }} || Publication || Denis Drescher || Denis Drescher publishes "Wild Animal Suffering Research Ideas 2019".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://claviger.net/was-research-ideas-2019.html|title=Wild Animal Suffering Research Ideas 2019|last=Drescher|first=Denis|date=2018-10-28|website=Considerations and Comparisons|language=en|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| December 19 }} || Publication || || Animal Ethics publishes "Welfare biology research: Vaccination of animals in the wild".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/welfare-biology-research-vaccination-of-animals-in-the-wild/|title=Welfare biology research: Vaccination of animals in the wild|last=Ethics|first=Animal|date=2018-12-19|website=Animal Ethics|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| December 20 }} || Publication || Ozy Brennan || Ozy Brennan from Wild-Animal Suffering Research publishes "Intervention Report: Wildlife Contraception".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://was-research.org/paper/intervention-report-wildlife-contraception/|title=Intervention Report: Wildlife Contraception|last=Brennan|first=Ozy|date=2018-12-20|website=Wild-Animal Suffering Research|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || {{dts| December 22 }} || Publication || || Rethink Priorities publishes "Detecting Morally Significant Pain in Nonhumans: Some Philosophical Difficulties".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rethinkpriorities.org/blog/2019/2/23/detecting-morally-significant-pain-in-nonhumans-some-philosophical-difficulties|title=Detecting Morally Significant Pain in Nonhumans: Some Philosophical Difficulties|website=Rethink Priorities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2018 || (winter) || Publication || Oscar Horta || Oscar Horta publishes "Concern for Wild Animal Suffering and Environmental Ethics: What Are the Limits of the Disagreement?".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Horta|first=Oscar|date=2018|title=CONCERN FOR WILD ANIMAL SUFFERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS: WHAT ARE THE LIMITS OF THE DISAGREEMENT?|url=http://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ateliers/2018-v13-n1-ateliers04192/1055119ar/|journal=Les ateliers de l'éthique / The Ethics Forum|language=en|volume=13|issue=1|pages=85–100|doi=10.7202/1055119ar|issn=1718-9977}}</ref>
| 2019 || {{dts|January 25}} || Project || Abraham Rowe, Persis Eskander || Wild-Animal Suffering Research and Utility Farm merge to form the Wild Animal Initiative.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/announcing-wai|title = Announcing WIld Animal Initiative|date = January 25, 2019|accessdate = March 29, 2019}} Cross-posted to https://was-research.org/blog/announcing-wild-animal-initiative/ on the Wild-Animal Suffering Research blog and to https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/jzikTHMSpckYg9ZPp/announcing-wild-animal-initiative on the Effective Altruism Forum. See also the associated discussion on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/EffectiveAltruism/comments/ajr27e/announcing_wild_animal_initiative_wildanimal/</ref>
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| 2019 || February 5 {{dts|January}} || Publication Project || Johan Lindsjö, Katarina Cvek, Elin M. F. Spangenberg, Johan N. G. Olsson, Margareta Stéen || Johan Lindsjö, Katarina Cvek, Elin M. F. Spangenberg, Johan N. G. Olsson, and Margareta Stéen publish Wild Animal Initiative launches The Compassionate Cat Grant aiming "The Dividing Line Between Wildlife Research to gather information on cat predation education at the rescue organization level and Management—Implications for Animal Welfaredraw conclusions regarding the effect of advocacy efforts on the welfare of wild animals".<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lindsjö|first=Johan|last2=Cvek|first2=Katarina|last3=Spangenberg|first3=Elin M. F.|last4=Olsson|first4=Johan N. G.|last5=Stéen|first5=Margareta|date=2019-02-05|title=The Dividing Line Between Wildlife Research and Management—Implications for Animal Welfareweb|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nihcatgrants.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371958org/|journaltitle=Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceThe Compassionate Cat Grant|volumewebsite=6The Compassionate Cat Grant|doilanguage=10.3389/fvets.2019.00013en-US|issnaccess-date=22972019-07-176922}}</ref> <!-- pmc=6371958|pmid=30805350 -->
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| 2019 || {{dts| February 27 5}} || Publication || Johan Lindsjö, Katarina Cvek, Elin M. F. Spangenberg, Johan N. G. Olsson, Margareta Stéen || Johan Lindsjö, Katarina Cvek, Elin M. F. Spangenberg, Johan N. G. Olsson, and Margareta Stéen publish "The Dividing Line Between Wildlife Research and Management—Implications for Animal Ethics publishes "Welfare biology research: Sexual competition".<ref>{{Cite webjournal|last=Lindsjö|first=Johan|last2=Cvek|first2=Katarina|last3=Spangenberg|urlfirst3=https://wwwElin M.animal-ethicsF.org/welfare-biology-research-sexual-competition/|titlelast4=Olsson|first4=Welfare biology research: Sexual competitionJohan N. G.|lastlast5=EthicsStéen|firstfirst5=AnimalMargareta|date=2019-02-2705|websitetitle=The Dividing Line Between Wildlife Research and Management—Implications for Animal EthicsWelfare|access-dateurl=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6371958/|journal=Frontiers in Veterinary Science|volume=6|doi=10.3389/fvets.2019.00013|issn=2297-07-221769}}</ref> <!-- pmc=6371958|pmid=30805350 -->
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| 2019 || April 12 {{dts|February 27}} || Funding Publication || Elisabeth Dimitras || Animal Ethics grants an undisclosed amount to Elisabeth Dimitras to study wild animals admitted to sanctuaries and rescue centers (wild animal rehabilitation centers) in Greece. The project aims to analyze data from rehabilitation centers to figure out publishes "reasons for admission, mortality rates, cause of death by age and sex, how this varies over time, and the outcomes of the animals after treatmentWelfare biology research: Sexual competition".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/animal-ethicswelfare-fundingbiology-projectresearch-examiningsexual-causes-of-harm-and-mortality-to-wild-animals-in-greececompetition/|title=Animal Ethics is funding a novel Welfare biology research project examining causes of harm and mortality to wild animals in Greece: Sexual competition|last=Ethics|first=Animal|date=2019-0402-1227|website=Animal Ethics|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts| April 15 12}} || Publication Funding || Persis Eskander Elisabeth Dimitras || Robert Wiblin interviews Persis Eskander on the 80,000 Hours podcast about "Animals Animal Ethics grants an undisclosed amount to Elisabeth Dimitras to study wild animals admitted to sanctuaries and rescue centers (wild animal rehabilitation centers) in the wild often suffer a great dealGreece. WhatThe project aims to analyze data from rehabilitation centers to figure out "reasons for admission, mortality rates, cause of death by age and sex, if anythinghow this varies over time, should we do about that?and the outcomes of the animals after treatment".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://80000hourswww.animal-ethics.org/podcast/episodes/persisanimal-ethics-funding-project-examining-causes-of-harm-and-mortality-eskanderto-wild-animalanimals-in-welfaregreece/|title=Animals Animal Ethics is funding a novel research project examining causes of harm and mortality to wild animals in the wild often suffer a great deal. What, if anything, should we do about that?Greece|last=Ethics|websitefirst=80,000 HoursAnimal|languagedate=en2019-04-US12|website=Animal Ethics|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts|April 15}} || Publication || Persis Eskander || Robert Wiblin interviews Persis Eskander on the 80,000 Hours podcast about "Animals in the wild often suffer a great deal. What, if anything, should we do about that?".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://80000hours.org/podcast/episodes/persis-eskander-wild-animal-welfare/|title=Animals in the wild often suffer a great deal. What, if anything, should we do about that?|website=80,000 Hours|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>|-| 2019 || {{dts| April 21 }} || Funding || || ACE's Effective Animal Advocacy Fund grants US$44,000 to Animal Ethics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/animal-charity-evaluators-effective-animal-advocacy-fund-grant-wild-animal-suffering/|title=Animal Charity Evaluators’ Effective Animal Advocacy Fund will support Animal Ethics’s wild animal suffering work|last=Ethics|first=Animal|date=2019-04-21|website=Animal Ethics|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://animalcharityevaluators.org/donation-advice/effective-animal-advocacy-fund/|title=Effective Animal Advocacy Fund|website=Animal Charity Evaluators|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>|-| 2019 || {{dts|April}} || Project || || Wild Animal Initiative launches ''Wildness'', a podcast on wild animal ethics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/wildness|title=Wildness Podcast|website=Wild Animal Initiative|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts|March 6}} || Funding || Lewis Bollard, Natalie Cargill, Toni Adleberg, Jamie Spurgeon || The EA Animal Welfare Fund management team (Lewis Bollard, Natalie Cargill, Toni Adleberg, and Jamie Spurgeon) grants $50,000 from the EA Animal Welfare Fund to Wild Animal Initiative. Also, they grant $80,000 to Rethink Priorities, whose research agenda includes research into wild animal welfare.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://app.effectivealtruism.org/funds/animal-welfare/payouts/7ysr1iPZTjf4fBAPfP3xuB|title = Payout Report: Animal Welfare Fund. March 2019 - Animal Welfare Fund Grants|date = March 6, 2019|accessdate = March 29, 2019|publisher = Effective Altruism Funds|quote = Research on tractable interventions to help wild animals. Two recipients of previous grants from the Animal Welfare Fund — Wild-Animal Suffering Research and Utility Farm — have recently merged to form a new group: Wild Animal Initiative. Under the direction of Abraham Rowe, Wild Animal Initiative will focus on research prioritization, academic outreach, and research on potential near-term interventions. Over the next year, they plan to expand their research and communications staff. They are also looking into funding early-career academics to do research that is aligned with their goals. We think that wild animal suffering is a relatively large-scale and neglected problem, so we are happy to support one of the few organizations currently working in that space.}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts| June 7 }} || Publication || || Rethink Priorities publishes "Life history classification", "Insect herbivores, life history and wild animal welfare".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rethinkpriorities.org/blog/2019/6/7/life-history-classification|title=Life history classification|website=Rethink Priorities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts| June 9 }} || Publication || || Rethink Priorities publishes a series of articles on invertebrate sentience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rethinkpriorities.org/publications|title=Publications|website=Rethink Priorities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts| June 14 }} || Publication || || Rethink Priorities publishes "What Do Unconscious Processes in Humans Tell Us About Sentience?".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rethinkpriorities.org/blog/2019/6/14/what-do-unconscious-processes-in-humans-tell-us-about-sentience|title=What Do Unconscious Processes in Humans Tell Us About Sentience?|website=Rethink Priorities|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || {{dts| July 1 }} || Publication || || Animal Ethics publishes a new article about how fireworks harm nonhuman animals of all sizes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/fireworks-harm-nonhuman-animals/|title=A new article about how fireworks harm nonhuman animals of all sizes|last=Ethics|first=Animal|date=2019-07-01|website=Animal Ethics|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2019 || April {{dts|July 18}} || Project Publication || Abraham Rowe || Abraham Rowe of Wild Animal Initiative launches ''Wildness'', a podcast on wild publishes the blog post "Wild animal ethicswelfare and uncertainty".<ref>{{Cite cite web|last1=Rowe |first1=Abraham |title=Wild animal welfare and uncertainty |url=https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/wildness|title=Wildness Podcastblog/uncertainty-and-wild-animal-welfare |website=Wild Animal Initiative|languageaccessdate=14 June 2020 |archiveurl=enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200614143003/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-and-wild-animal-USwelfare |accessarchivedate=2020-06-14 |date=July 18, 2019-07-22|deadurl=no}}</ref>
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| 2019 || January {{dts|July 23}} || Project Publication || Jane Capozzelli || Jane Capozzelli of Wild Animal Initiative launches The Compassionate Cat Grant aiming publishes the blog post "Uncertainty in wild animal welfare is not an intractable problem, and welfare biology is well-positioned to tackle it".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Capozzelli |first1=Jane |title=Uncertainty in wild animal welfare is not an intractable problem, and welfare biology is well-positioned to gather information on cat predation education at the rescue organization level tackle it |url=https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-and-conservation |website=Wild Animal Initiative |accessdate=14 June 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614144148/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-and draw conclusions regarding the effect -conservation |archivedate=2020-06-14 |date=July 23, 2019}}</ref>|-| 2019 || {{dts|August 1}} || Publication || Hollis Howe || Hollis Howe of advocacy efforts on Wild Animal Initiative publishes the welfare of wild animalsblog post "Handling uncertainty about moral patienthood".<ref>{{Cite cite web|last1=Howe |first1=Hollis |title=Handling uncertainty about moral patienthood |url=https://catgrantswww.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-moral-patienthood |website=Wild Animal Initiative |accessdate=14 June 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614143459/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-moral-patienthood |archivedate=2020-06-14 |date=August 1, 2019|deadurl=no}}</ref>|-| 2019 || {{dts|August 7}} || Publication || Luke Hecht || Luke Hecht of Wild Animal Initiative publishes the blog post "Extreme uncertainty requires resilient model-building".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hecht |first1=Luke |title=The Compassionate Cat GrantExtreme uncertainty requires resilient model-building |url=https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-resilient-models |website=The Compassionate Cat GrantWild Animal Initiative |accessdate=14 June 2020 |languagearchiveurl=enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200614144458/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/uncertainty-resilient-USmodels |accessarchivedate=2020-06-14 |date=August 7, 2019-07-22|deadurl=no}}</ref>
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| 2019 || || Funding || Oscar Horta, Maria Salazar || ACE's Animal Advocacy Research Fund awards funding "to Oscar Horta and Maria Salazar (Animal Ethics) for this study. The purpose of this research project is to explore how to establish an expert field of research on wild animal welfare."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://researchfund.animalcharityevaluators.org/funded-projects/establishing-a-field-of-research-for-wild-animal-suffering/|title=Establishing a field of research for wild animal suffering|date=2019-02-07|website=Animal Advocacy Research Fund|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
| 2019 || || Funding || || "[ACE's Animal Advocacy Research Fund awards] funding to Oscar Horta (Animal Ethics) for this project. The purpose of this project is to gain insight into the lines of research on wild animal suffering most likely to be accepted by and appealing to biologists and animal welfare scientists and students."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://researchfund.animalcharityevaluators.org/funded-projects/surveying-attitudes-toward-interventions-reducing-wild-animal-suffering-among-scientists-and-students/|title=Surveying attitudes toward interventions reducing wild animal suffering among scientists and students|date=2019-02-07|website=Animal Advocacy Research Fund|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-22}}</ref>
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| 2020 2019 || {{dts|January 15September 26}}|| Publication || Jeff Sebo Will Bradshaw || Jeff Sebo in "All We Owe to Animals", describes the seriousness Will Bradshaw of Wild Animal Initiative publishes the threat article "Assessing biomarkers of climate change to both humans and nonhuman animals and argues that we have a moral obligation to relieve the suffering aging as measures of individual wild animalscumulative animal welfare".<ref>{{Cite cite web|last1=Bradshaw |first1=Will |title=Assessing biomarkers of aging as measures of cumulative animal welfare |url=https://aeonwww.wildanimalinitiative.coorg/essaysblog/webiomarkers-cantcumulative-stand-by-as-animals-suffer-and-die-in-their-billionswelfare |website=Wild Animal Initiative |titleaccessdate=All We Owe to Animals14 June 2020 |date=September 26, 2019|archivedate=2020-0206-0714 |websitearchiveurl=Aeon|language=enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200614142423/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/biomarkers-cumulative-welfare<!-US|access-datehttps://web.archive.org/web/20200508162805/https://files.osf.io/v1/resources/uj4mt/providers/osfstorage/5df8f750a6e2bb000bb48041?action=download&direct&version=20201-02-29>|deadurl=no}}</ref>
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| 2020 2019 || {{dts|February 10November 1}}|| Publication || Animal Ethics Luke Hecht || Luke Hecht of Wild Animal Ethics Initiative publishes the article "Scientists' attitudes towards improving Welfare expectancy: Age-specific survivorship frames the welfare expected value of animals in the wild: a qualitative studyanimal welfare".<ref>{{Cite cite web|last1=Hecht |first1=Luke |title=Welfare expectancy: Age-specific survivorship frames the expected value of wild animal welfare |url=https://www.animal-ethicswildanimalinitiative.org/scientists-attitudes-animals-wild-qualitativeblog/|title=Scientists' attitudes towards improving the welfare of animals in the wild: a qualitative study|date=2020-02-10expectancy |website=Wild Animal EthicsInitiative |languagearchiveurl=enhttps://web.archive.org/web/20200614144941/https://www.wildanimalinitiative.org/blog/welfare-expectancy |access-datearchivedate=2020-0406-0614 |date=November 1, 2019}}</ref>
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| 2020 || {{dts|February 29January 15}}|| Publication || Animal Ethics Jeff Sebo || Animal Ethics releases Jeff Sebo in "All We Owe to Animals", describes the seriousness of the threat of climate change to both humans and nonhuman animals and argues that we have a moral obligation to relieve the first video suffering of an online course on individual wild animal sufferinganimals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wwwaeon.animal-ethics.orgco/essays/announcingwe-thecant-firststand-videoby-ofas-ananimals-onlinesuffer-courseand-ondie-wildin-animaltheir-suffering/billions|title=Announcing the first video of an online course on wild animal sufferingAll We Owe to Animals|date=20202019-02-2907|website=Animal EthicsAeon|language=en-US|access-date=2020-0402-0629}}</ref>
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| 2020 || {{dts|February 10}} || Publication || Animal Ethics || Animal Ethics publishes "Scientists' attitudes towards improving the welfare of animals in the wild: a qualitative study"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/scientists-attitudes-animals-wild-qualitative/|title=Scientists' attitudes towards improving the welfare of animals in the wild: a qualitative study|date=2020-02-10|website=Animal Ethics|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref>|-| 2020 || {{dts|February 29}} || Publication || Animal Ethics || Animal Ethics releases the first video of an online course on wild animal suffering.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/announcing-the-first-video-of-an-online-course-on-wild-animal-suffering/|title=Announcing the first video of an online course on wild animal suffering|date=2020-02-29|website=Animal Ethics|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref>|-| 2020 || {{dts|April 3}}|| Publication || Animal Ethics || Animal Ethics releases ''Introduction to Wild Animal Suffering: A Guide to the Issues'', as a companion text to its online video course.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animal-ethics.org/introduction-wild-animal-suffering/|title=Introduction to wild animal suffering: A guide to the issues|date=2020-04-03|website=Animal Ethics|language=en|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref>|-| 2020 || {{dts|October 15}} || Publication || Kyle Johannsen || Kyle Johannsen's book "Wild Animal Ethics: The Moral and Political Problem of Wild Animal Suffering" is expected to be published.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wild Animal Ethics |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53371379-wild-animal-ethics |website=www.goodreads.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614140904/https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53371379-wild-animal-ethics |archivedate=2020-06-14 |deadurl=no}}</ref>
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In July 2019, [[User:Mati Roy]] reviewed the whole timeline and added notable events since mid-2018. It took zir about 6 hours. Formatting of sources was outsourced [more info to come]. The work was live-streamed here: [https://www.facebook.com/2352397188177026/videos/2087048751596777], [https://www.facebook.com/2352397188177026/videos/471651436984542/], [https://www.facebook.com/2352397188177026/videos/2885328608204798]. [Funding information to come.]
Substantial updates and historical predecessors to the WAS movement were added by [[User:Blue]].
[[User:Issa]] and [[User:Vipul]] contributed as well.
===What the timeline is still missing===
