[3][4] Their aim is to create a world where moral consideration is extended to all sentient beings.

[5][6] The organization's website covers topics such as speciesism, sentience, veganism and wild animal suffering and has content translated into several languages.

[7] Animal Ethics was co-founded by Daniel Dorado, Oscar Horta and Leah Mckelvie in 2012.

[8] A stated aim for establishing the organization by Horta was the promotion of welfare biology as a field of research.

[13] In the same year, they extended their outreach work to India[14] and started a website in Hindi.