Shrilaxmi Patil is a research, strategy, and communications generalist working across effective giving, animal welfare, and emerging AI safety pathways. She has a dual background in Physics and Electronics and Instrumentation and has worked with Impactful Giving to strengthen evidence-based philanthropy in India through donor education, strategic outreach, writing, and funding circle development. She currently consults for Ethical Seafood Research on fundraising, communications, policy, and operational systems.
Researchers are finding evidence that fish feel pain. What does that mean for the ethics of seafood?
Fish are often treated as reflex-bound creatures, bodies without minds. Yet, study by study, from anatomy labs to behavioural experiments, mounting evidence to the contrary has emerged.
August 20, 2026
