Research Gaps in the Animal Protection Movement in LATAM

By Björn 🔹 @ 2025-05-27T16:17 (+17)

One of my goals at the Animal & Vegan Advocacy (AVA) Summit in São Paulo late last year was to understand the research questions Latine activists are thinking about, what barriers they face, and how researchers and strategists can better address this crucial region. So I made a survey! 

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Here are a few key results:

-Language barriers are prevalent, especially for native Spanish speakers
-64% of advocates struggle to find research relevant to their region
-Advocates want a wide variety of research, including social change theory and impact tracking. 
-Latine advocates use research the most to make strategic decisions, and less so for movement building
-0% of Latine advocates said they don't read any research at all (yay!)

Selected charts:

These results should add more evidence to what many already know: the animal advocacy movement in LATAM needs more funding, research, and support. In particular, we need to prioritize more translations (both language translation and knowledge translations) and more region-specific research, if we want to maximize the impact for animals in this crucial region.