Vitalik once again donated 64 ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund to call attention to animal welfare issues

Vitalik Buterin issued a statement saying that he once again donated 64 ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund and called on more people to pay attention to animal welfare issues. Vitalik said that the suffering caused by humans to billions of animals is still one of the important issues that is rarely discussed in society, but he is optimistic about improving animal survival this century and believes that agricultural methods and synthetic alternative foods are continuing to improve. He also said that the quality of vegetarian and vegan foods around the world has improved significantly in recent years. In addition, Vitalik also specifically mentioned the welfare of shrimp, saying that the outside world often underestimated the importance of related issues, and mentioned breeding operations such as "eyestalk excision".