Announcing the NYU Animal Media Initiative! It will promote thoughtful representations of animals in the media, and it will host an annual Animal Media Award symposium honoring outstanding journalism and storytelling. Nominations open through November! nyu.edu/about/news-publicati…

Announcing the 2027 NYU Food Impact Summit! On January 21-22, the NYU Food Impact Program will host researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to discuss the impacts of food systems and pathways towards reform. Expressions of interest welcome! 👇 nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/S…

The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is very proud to share our new report, "Wild Animal Welfare in Local Policies on Human-Wildlife Conflict"! Cities are home to countless wild animals, and the decisions cities make about waste, infrastructure, parks, and public health shape their lives—often invisibly. Yet, local policy has historically treated them as nuisances or problems to be managed away. This report argues that the welfare of those animals deserves a place in how municipalities approach human-wildlife conflict, and offers a practical roadmap for getting started. It expands the conventional definition of “human-wildlife conflict” to include harms running in both directions. It identifies cities as the right locus for action, since they hold most of the relevant levers and are where most conflict actually happens. The report offers nine guiding principles—including prevention over reaction and coexistence over control—and a menu of policy options across five mutually reinforcing domains: waste management and food access, humane population management, conflict response and rehabilitation, the built environment, and planning and governance. Drawing on examples from across North America and Europe, it shows that welfare-aligned approaches are already within reach, and that welfare-aligned approaches often align with goals cities are already pursuing—cleaner streets, healthier environments, lower disease risk, and more livable public spaces. This report is sponsored by the NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program with support from CEAP and the Yale Law, Ethics, & Animals Program. You can find a PDF of the report along with a video of a recent preview event here: enviroanimal.org/human-wildl… Please read if you have interest, and please share if others might!

Today at the NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program, Adalene Minelli and Colin Jerolmack are discussing how cities can consider animal welfare when managing human-wildlife conflict :)

The NYU Center for Mind, Ethics, and Policy and the NYU Center for Environmental and Animal Protection are both hiring FT researchers! If you have strong research skills and an interest in animal and AI welfare (for CMEP) or food and wildlife policy (for CEAP), please apply!

The NYU Wild Animal Welfare Program is hosting an event on how cities can manage human-wildlife conflict! Join us for a preview of our upcoming report and discussion with Colin Jerolmack and Adalene Minelli. Feb 23, 4pm ET, followed by a reception. sites.google.com/nyu.edu/wil…