The effects were not accounted for in our post. From what I have seen, the effects on wild animals are very complicated to estimate. Right now, we are not even certain whether their lives contain more suffering or happiness. Organisations working on the topic are still doing research to really understand how to evaluate animal welfare while looking at the global ecosystem.
The effects of climate change lead to difficult-to-estimate consequences because extreme events and changes tend to favour smaller adaptative animals, which reproduce very quickly, rather than larger animals like big mammals, leading to large changes in population dynamics.
More research is needed on that front: supporting research on wild animals is a viable option in this context.
Thank you for the post! I have a question: I wonder if the effects on wild animal welfare of your interventions and donation are being accounted for?
Hello, good question!
The effects were not accounted for in our post. From what I have seen, the effects on wild animals are very complicated to estimate. Right now, we are not even certain whether their lives contain more suffering or happiness. Organisations working on the topic are still doing research to really understand how to evaluate animal welfare while looking at the global ecosystem.
The effects of climate change lead to difficult-to-estimate consequences because extreme events and changes tend to favour smaller adaptative animals, which reproduce very quickly, rather than larger animals like big mammals, leading to large changes in population dynamics.
More research is needed on that front: supporting research on wild animals is a viable option in this context.