2001 headquarters olympia washington united states key people anthony bellotti courtney dillard jennifer fearing caryn ginsberg che green sharie lesniak katrina munsell jack norris ian ross kathleen savesky website http www.humaneresearch.org faunalytics formerly the humane research council is a nonprofit organization that provides animal advocates with access to the research and analysis of various animal issues including factory farming veganism and vegetarianism the overpopulation in companion animals animal testing hunting animal trapping and the use of animals for entertainment purposes zoos circuses racing fights etc. . 1 contents 1 organization history 2 organization mission 3 research and studies 4 personnel 5 references 6 external links organization history edit faunalytics is a non profit organization based in olympia washington funded through consulting fees grants and donations . founded in 2001 by che green a former corporate professional faunalytics utilizes contributions of time and expertise from committed professionals in research marketing and communications as well as business service providers and designers for print and online media . faunalytics was awarded the independent charities of america s seal of excellence in 2006 and is currently listed as one of animal charity evaluators standout organizations . 2 organization mission edit faunalytics applies traditional corporate marketing research and analysis techniques to support the animal protection movement . faunalytics methodologies are both quantitative and qualitative in nature and include depth interviews and focus groups benchmarking and assessment studies materials evaluation and concept testing fundraising and donor research and opposition research and analysis . notable partners and clients include the american anti vivisection society the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals animal protection institute new england anti vivisection society farm sanctuary the handsel foundation humane society of the united states national council for animal protection and physicians committee for responsible medicine . research and studies edit faunalytics has conducted or contributed to a number of research studies that are significant for the animal advocacy movement . noteworthy projects include a study of public perception of the animal protection movement national council for animal protection 2006 the humane index the humane society of the united states 2007 and an independent study on advocating meat reduction and vegetarianism to u.s. adults 2007 . in 2009 the organization launched the animal tracker an annual survey of animal related attitudes and behavior among u.s. adults to establish benchmarks for these trends over time . 3 in 2014 faunalytics published a study of current and former vegetarians and vegans based on a survey of over 11 000 people . according to their report this is the first study to estimate the number of former vegetarians and vegans in the united states using a representative sample . they found that 2 % of respondents identified as current vegetarians vegans while 10 % identified as former vegetarians vegans pointing to high recidivism among vegetarians vegans . 4 this study reportedly influenced several major farmed animal advocacy groups outreach strategy . 5 personnel edit the faunalytics board of directors and advisors includes key personnel from foundational animal protection groups including the humane society of the united states born free usa vegan outreach as well as business professionals and academics from johns hopkins university tufts university university of pennsylvania and willamette university . 6 references edit opinion polls regarding the use of chimpanzees in research national survey of humane voters reveals bipartisan support for animal friendly candidates poll reveals americans agree chimpanzees in laboratories for more than 10 years should be retired the humane index external links edit faunalytics home page https faunalytics.org animal charity evaluators . organizations . retrieved june 27 2016 . faunalytics june 15 2015 . animal tracker year 8 . retrieved june 27 2016 . humane research council december 2014 . study of current and former vegetarians and vegans pdf . retrieved june 27 2016 . animal charity evaluators june 20 2016 . faunalytics review . retrieved june 27 2016 . humane research council team page http www.humaneresearch.org node 2395 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title faunalytics & oldid 727259589 categories animal welfare organizations in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload 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