Vitalik donates 64 ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund again, calling for attention to animal welfare issues

Vitalik Buterin stated that he has donated 64 ETH to the Animal Welfare Fund again and called for more people to pay attention to animal welfare issues. Vitalik mentioned that the suffering caused to billions of animals by humans remains one of the important issues that is less discussed in current society, but he holds an optimistic view about improving the living conditions of animals in this century, believing that agricultural methods and synthetic alternative foods are continuously progressing.

He also noted that the quality of global vegetarian and vegan foods has significantly improved in recent years. In addition, Vitalik specifically mentioned the welfare issues of shrimp, stating that the importance of related topics is often underestimated by the outside world, and referred to farming practices such as "eyestalk ablation."