Doing wild animal welfare at scale, in a way we are confident is robustly good, is currently not possible. I propose three pillars necessary to change that.
Thank you for this! I just gave a lightning talk at the Wild Animal Welfare Summit at NYU where I briefly touched on this need. I'm curious about outreach to scientists - I used to go to the big entomology conferences in the US, and I think it would be interesting if an insect welfare panel could be organized there at some point.
A way wildlife can be helped on a massive scale now is with effective opposition to fishing, including so-called "recreational fishing." There is an abundance of scientific evidence showing that fishes are sentient, and it is plainly apparent that they -and the countless other animals harmed/killed by fishing gear - suffer greatly from being caught. www.FishFeel.org/fish-sentience/
Thank you for this! I just gave a lightning talk at the Wild Animal Welfare Summit at NYU where I briefly touched on this need. I'm curious about outreach to scientists - I used to go to the big entomology conferences in the US, and I think it would be interesting if an insect welfare panel could be organized there at some point.
How can people get involved in this kind of work? Gonna PM you my background.
A way wildlife can be helped on a massive scale now is with effective opposition to fishing, including so-called "recreational fishing." There is an abundance of scientific evidence showing that fishes are sentient, and it is plainly apparent that they -and the countless other animals harmed/killed by fishing gear - suffer greatly from being caught. www.FishFeel.org/fish-sentience/