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Jacy Reese is a writer, social scientist, and co-founder of Sentience Institute. He previously worked as a Senior Fellow at Sentience Politics, and before that at Animal Charity Evaluators as Chair of the Board of Directors and then as a full-time researcher. His research focuses on the topics of for effective altruism, anti-speciesism, and plant-based and cellular agriculture. Reese was recognized as one of Vice’s “Humans of the Year” in December 2017 along with his co-founder Kelly Witwicki.

Sentience Institute is a nonprofit think tank working to understand and facilitate the expansion of humanity’s moral circle to all sentient beings. Since they were founded in June 2017, they have published several research reports including a study of the British antislavery movement, a study of the French nuclear power movement, and a poll of American attitudes towards “animal farming and animal-free food.” The poll was done in collaboration with Ipsos Group and was covered by media for results like that 47% of Americans support “a ban on slaughterhouses.” The organization receives its funding from individual donors and other charities like the Centre for Effective Altruism and the Effective Altruism Foundation.

Reese has also discussed the issue of wild animal suffering, arguing that humans should act on behalf of wild animals to alleviate their suffering if it can be done safely and effectively. His 2015 Vox article on the topic was criticized by writers who argued we shouldn’t intervene or that we should instead focus on helping domestic animals.

In fall 2018, he is publishing his first book, The End of Animal Farming, which “outlines an evidence-based roadmap to a humane, ethical, efficient food system where slaughterhouses are obsolete.”

Books

• Reese, Jacy; The End of Animal Farming (Beacon Press, 2018)

References

1. ^ "Jacy Reese". Facebook. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
2. ^ "Jacy Reese". Retrieved 29 December 2017.
3. ^ "Our Team". Sentience Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
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5. Elliott, Christopher (23 February 2017). "Whose armrest is it, anyway? The unspoken etiquette of airline, bus and train travel". Washington Post.
6. Reese, Jacy (13 February 2016). "The moral demand for cultured meat". Salon.
7. Starostinetskaya, Anna (17 February 2016). "Salon: The Vegan Choice Could Not Be Any Clearer". VegNews.
8. ^ Gault, Matthew (28 December 2017). "This Think Tank Wants to End Factory Farming". Vice Motherboard.
9. "Research". Sentience Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
10. Chiorando, Maria (20 November 2017). "Poll Shows 47% Of Americans 'Agree With Ban On Slaughterhouses'". Plant Based News.
11. Starostinetskaya, Anna (21 November 2017). "Nearly Half of Americans Want to Ban Slaughterhouses". VegNews.
12. Neff, Michelle (21 November 2017). "New Poll Reveals Nearly 50% of Americans Want to Ban Slaughterhouses and Would Prefer Animal-Free Meat". One Green Planet.
13. Ettinger, Jill (21 November 2017). "70% of Americans Want Better Treatment for Farm Animals, Poll Finds". Organic Authority.
14. Witwicki, Kelly (6 December 2017). "What We Can Do in 2018 with Your Support". Sentience Institute.
15. Reese, Jacy (14 December 2015). "Wild animals endure illness, injury, and starvation. We should help". Vox.
16. Gunther, Kristen (15 December 2015). "Nature is Violent". Motherboard.
17. Matthews, Susan (16 December 2015). "Nature Can't Exist Without Suffering—And We Can't Change That". Audubon.
18. McGrath, Lauren-Elizabeth (16 December 2015). "Vox Fails to Mention 56 Billion Lives in Piece on Animal Suffering". Ecorazzi.
19. ^ Spector, Nicole (1 March 2017). "Fowl play? Subway denies its chicken is only 50% real". NBC News.
20. ^ "Dealmaker: Beacon Press (Imprint)". Publishers Marketplace. Retrieved 29 December 2017.

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