In my opinion wild animal welfare work has a high probability of achieving nothing (we have very little idea what to do) a moderate chance of doing a large amount of harm (many options risk disrupting ecosystems) and a small chance of doing some net good, likely many hundreds or thousands of years in the future. In addition, the ethics of humans intervening to reduce suffering associated with natural processes, like predation is contested. By contrast, there are cost effective options for farm animal welfare and it is definitely our business.
In my opinion wild animal welfare work has a high probability of achieving nothing (we have very little idea what to do) a moderate chance of doing a large amount of harm (many options risk disrupting ecosystems) and a small chance of doing some net good, likely many hundreds or thousands of years in the future. In addition, the ethics of humans intervening to reduce suffering associated with natural processes, like predation is contested. By contrast, there are cost effective options for farm animal welfare and it is definitely our business.