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The Podcast Bringing Ethics to Life

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Sep 10, 2026

Removing wolves did not reliably prevent domestic animal losses

Originally published in Conservation Science and Practice by Adrian Treves, Dror Ben‐Ami, Ari Cornman, Martin Dul’a, Igor Khorozyan, Miha Krofel, Miroslav Kutal, José V. Lopez-Bao, Rona Nadler Vale... Read More

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Aug 27, 2026

Getting Animal Ethics into Science Education

Originally hosted and recorded by Dr. Kathrin Herrmann of The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT). Read More

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Aug 20, 2026

Defining Conservation

By Bill Lynn, PhD. Read More

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Aug 13, 2026

Why I Advocated for a Bag Limit of 2 for All Furbearers in Colorado

Originally published in Dr. Becky Niemiec’s Substack by Rebecca Niemiec, PhD. Read More

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Aug 06, 2026

How Misunderstanding Our Food Fuels Climate Inaction

What follows is a summary of the recent article, Knowledge counts! Climate-friendly food knowledge is significantly related to dietary choice published in Environmental Research Communications by A... Read More

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Aug 05, 2026

The North American Model of Conservation

By Bill Lynn, PhD. Read More

Recent Research

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PAN Works is a center for ethics, science and policy dedicated to the wellbeing of animals.

The Podcast Bringing Ethics to Life

Perspectives

Recent Research

Baker, L., King, B. J., & Lynn, W. S. (2024). Rethinking Animal Consciousness Research to Prioritize Well-Being. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 1-5.

https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963180124000501

Baker, L. et al. (2025). Autonomy: An Indicator of Wellbeing in Rewilded Asian Elephants Connected to Karen Communities in Thailand. Society & Animals, 1–26.

Baker, L., et al. (2025). The complexity of foraging and its role in elephant wellbeing. In E. Laws, et a. (Eds.), Elephant Welfare in Global Tourism (pp. 37-55). CABI.

Baker, L. (Ed.). (2025). Wild Animal Wellbeing. Springer. Forthcoming.

Armatas, C. A., & Borrie, W. T. (2025). A pragmatist ecological economics-Normative foundations and a framework for actionable knowledge. Ecological Economics.

Coghlan, S., & Cardilini, A. (2024). The use and abuse of moral theories in conservation debate about killing animals. Conservation Biology, 38(4), e14280.

Major, E. (2024). Slayers, rippers, and blitzes: Dark humor and the justification of cruelty to possums in online media in New Zealand. Frontiers in Communication, 1–14.

Saville, S., Cardilini, A. P. A., & Mocatta, G. (2024). Ignoring the cow in the room: Australian media representation of animal agriculture and climate change. researchsquare.com.

Sutton, Z., Cardilini, A., & Hall, K. (2024). A multispecies right to the city? Reimagining the speculative narratives of urban sustainability. Animals and science fiction.

Coghlan, S., & Cardilini, A. (2025). Animal privacy and information technology. Philosophy & Technology.

Derham, T., Mathews, F., & Johnson, C. N. (2025). Rewilding and Indigenous community-led land care. Conservation Letters, 18, e13090.

Lynn, W. S., Baker, L., Santiago-Ávila, F. J., & Stewart, K. L. (2023). Ethics, Wellbeing and Wild Lives. In A. H. Fine, M. Mueller, Z. Ng, J. M. Peralta, & A. Beck (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook on Human-Animal Interactions, Interventions and Anthrozoology (pp. 438-452). Routledge.

Lynn, W. S. (2025). Chickadee was Never a Feathered Machine. Issues in Science and Technology, XLI(4).

https://issues.org/evolving-view-animal-minds-keim-forum/

Lynn, W. S. (2025). Killing barred owls to save spotted owls is a moral atrocity. The Ecological Citizen., 8(2), epub–136.

Major, E. (2025). Brushtail possums and species-inclusive social work in Aotearoa New Zealand. Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 37(1), 96–108.

Straka, T. M., Coleman, J., Macdonald, E. A., Rogge, S., Kingston, T., & Jacobs, M. H. (2024). Beyond biophobia: positive appraisal of bats among German residents during the COVID-19 pandemic-with consequences for conservation intentions. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-17.

Straka, T. M., Glahe, C., Dietrich, U., Bui, M., & Kowarik, I. (2025). From nature experience to pro-conservation action: How generational amnesia and declining nature-relatedness shape behaviour intentions of adolescents and adults. Ambio, 1-20.

Straka, T.M., Radchuk, V., Kowarik, I., von der Lippe, M. & Buchholz, S. (2025). Urbanization impacts top predators and alters biotic interactions in predator-prey-mutualistic communities in urban dry grasslands. Ecology and Evolution, 15(1), e70791.

Lynn, W. S., Baker, L., Borrie, W. T., Cardilini, A. P. A., & et al. (2025). Compassionate Conservation in Practice: A Values-driven, Interdisciplinary, Pluralistic, and Deliberative Community. Biological Conservation, 303(2025), 111002.

Cardilini, A., Baker, L., Lynn, W. S., Borrie, W., & et al. (2025). Compassionate Conservation Practice: Supporting Diverse Conservation Actions But Context Matters. Biological Conservation, 313.

Urbanik, J., Isaacs, J., Tovar, D., & Lynn, W. S. (2025). Engineering in a Multispecies World: Animal Geographies, Ethics, and Place. In Animals, Ethics and Engineering. Jenny Stanford.