Animal Ethics in the Wild: Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature

Intervening in Nature: A Call to Action for Wild Animal Suffering

This book confronts the ethical and practical issue of wild animal suffering, arguing that most wild animals likely endure short lives full of suffering, often ending in terrible deaths due to natural causes. It challenges the traditional view of non-intervention, proposing that humans have a moral reason to assist these animals.

Key Features

• Ethical Intervention: The book argues that on the assumption that we have reasons to assist others in need, we should intervene in nature to prevent or reduce the harms wild animals suffer, provided that it is feasible and the expected result is positive overall.
• A Call for Action: It stresses the importance of academics from different disciplines and animal advocates beginning to confront this issue, stating that increased concern will make it more probable that safe and effective solutions will be implemented in the future.
• Core Problem: It highlights the reality that wild animals are highly exposed to, and have a low capacity to cope with, harmful natural processes, resulting in lives "full of suffering, usually ending in terrible deaths."
• Broad Audience: This is an essential read for academics from different disciplines as well as animal advocates who are concerned with the plight of wild animals and the feasibility of implementing solutions.