PAN Works is a center for ethics, science and policy dedicated to the wellbeing of animals.
We cultivate compassion, respect and justice for animals, a reverence for the community of life, and a desire for people, animals and nature to thrive together. As a nonprofit based in the US, we are a global platform for ethicists, scholars and civil society working to improve animal wellbeing.
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One Health is an ethical and scientific perspective that the health of people, animals, and nature are all interdependent.
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Originally published in Biological Conservation by Adam P.A. Cardilini, Liv Baker, William S. Lynn, William T. Borrie, and others.
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Join us for a conversation about Mary Midgley, the indispensable ethicist and philosopher for our times. We will discuss Midgley’s thoughts on animals, human nature, ecology and society.
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Originally published on LinkedIn by Kati Bertrand, M.S., of Science Advancement and Outreach.
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Originally published in Conservation Works by Michelle Nijhuis.
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Recent Research
Baker, L., King, B. J., & Lynn, W. S. (2024). Rethinking Animal Consciousness Research to Prioritize Well-Being. Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics
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.
https://doi.org/10.1079/9781836990093.0000
Baker, L. (Ed.). (2025). Wild Animal Wellbeing. Springer. Forthcoming.
Coghlan, S., & Cardilini, A. (2024). The use and abuse of moral theories in conservation debate about killing animals. Conservation Biology, 38(4), e14280.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14280
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.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032153346-30
Lynn, W. S. (2025). Chickadee was Never a Feathered Machine. Issues in Science and Technology, XLI(4).
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.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.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.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111593
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.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003652311
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