Questions:
What’s the case for wild animal welfare being an altruistic priority?
Why do people not currently prioritise wild animal welfare? How should we evaluate their arguments?
Reading:
B. Tomasik, The Importance of Wild-Animal Suffering (50 mins)
Animal Charity Evaluators, Cause Priorities: Wild Animal Suffering (5 mins)
O. Horta, Animal Suffering in Nature: The Case for Intervention (1hr15 mins)
M. Vinding, Ten Biases Against Prioritizing Wild-Animal Suffering (30 mins)
B. Davidow, Why Most People Don't Care About Wild-Animal Suffering (10 mins)
(Optional) J. Schukraft, Invertebrate Welfare Cause Profile (1h15 mins)
(Optional) J. Savoie, Which animals need the most help from the animal advocacy movement? (10 mins)
(Optional) J. Savoie, How to make an impact in animal advocacy, a survey. (10 mins)
Next in the Wild Animal Welfare Curriculum
Case studies of interventions in wild animal welfare - disease & parasites
Case studies of interventions in wild animal welfare - disease & parasites