Publications
While our publications are all listed here, they are easier to browse on our research page.
A landscape analysis of wild animal welfare
This report provides an overview of five organizations that dedicate substantial effort to improving wild animal welfare. The researchers identify commonalities in their approaches, as well as gaps that other organizations could fill.
Paths to reducing rodenticide use in the U.S.
This post is the third installment in the Rodenticide Reduction sequence. This report describes and ranks interventions to reduce rodenticide use in the U.S. according to their expected impact, neglectedness, and tractability.
Eradicating rodenticides from U.S. pest management is less practical than we thought
This post is the second installment in the Rodenticide Reduction sequence. This report explores the reasons why rodenticides are used, under what circumstances they could be replaced, and whether they are replaceable with currently available alternatives.
The rodent birth control landscape
This paper describes the past and current rodent pest control landscape with a particular focus on the harms of rodenticidal poisons and the possibilities for rodent birth control as a cruelty-minimizing alternative. Because rodent birth control is most available in the United States, the focus of this paper is primarily on the U.S.