Dr. Anne Safiya Clay
@asafiyaclay.bsky.social
💚Franco-Ricaine Environmental Social Scientist
🐼Shared Health Program Specialist @ Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
💭Interests: #compassionateconservation #wildanimalwelfare #consciousness #ethics #OneHealth
✨Views Mine✨
🐼Shared Health Program Specialist @ Smithsonian National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
💭Interests: #compassionateconservation #wildanimalwelfare #consciousness #ethics #OneHealth
✨Views Mine✨
Congrats Jani!! 🥰
October 11, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Congrats Jani!! 🥰
Research framed only by monistic, hedonistic perspectives risks harmful interventions and oversimplifies animal interests. We need pluralistic views for sound science—welfare matters, but so do biodiversity, ecosystems, and cultural values.
August 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Research framed only by monistic, hedonistic perspectives risks harmful interventions and oversimplifies animal interests. We need pluralistic views for sound science—welfare matters, but so do biodiversity, ecosystems, and cultural values.
Love seeing WAI diving into these conversations. Conservation and welfare are really 2 sides of the same coin. Jani, I think you might be interested in this piece, which offers a thoughtful take on redefining compassionate conservation to better center wild animal welfare:
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My second full-length paper, "Taking natural harms seriously in compassionate conservation", just got published in Biological Conservation 🥳 I think this paper might ruffle some feathers! (hopefully more metaphorically than physically)
#academicsky #conservation
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#academicsky #conservation
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Taking natural harms seriously in compassionate conservation
Compassionate conservation is an ethical framework proposed to instill greater compassion for individual animals in conservation science and practice.…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Love seeing WAI diving into these conversations. Conservation and welfare are really 2 sides of the same coin. Jani, I think you might be interested in this piece, which offers a thoughtful take on redefining compassionate conservation to better center wild animal welfare:
bsky.app/profile/tris...
bsky.app/profile/tris...
I believe the recording will be posted on this webpage sometime soon: www.worldwildlife.org/pages/soluti...
Solutions for the Planet’s Interlinked Challenges | Pages | WWF
www.worldwildlife.org
February 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I believe the recording will be posted on this webpage sometime soon: www.worldwildlife.org/pages/soluti...
Though I disagree with the implication that improving environments isn’t a prerequisite in modern zoos, which prioritize welfare practices that promote choice & control. #zooanimalwelfare
February 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Though I disagree with the implication that improving environments isn’t a prerequisite in modern zoos, which prioritize welfare practices that promote choice & control. #zooanimalwelfare
Excited for all the talks 🙌🏽
January 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Excited for all the talks 🙌🏽