Extremely randomly, I also have had vulture conservation on my list for ~ a year for âcrazy-ish wild animal welfare intervention ideas.â Basically the rough argument is they reduce disease for wildlife also, and disease is probably a big welfare cost in the wild, and since they (mostly) donât kill other animals directly, you donât have to balance out an increase in âlandscape of fearâ effects. If you think maggots have really high moral value and net positive lives you might dislike the competitive population reduction effect, but most people wonât care about that.
Now that you have me thinking about it, I actually wouldnât be surprised to learn if the wild animal welfare effects turn out to be the higher order bit
Extremely randomly, I also have had vulture conservation on my list for ~ a year for âcrazy-ish wild animal welfare intervention ideas.â Basically the rough argument is they reduce disease for wildlife also, and disease is probably a big welfare cost in the wild, and since they (mostly) donât kill other animals directly, you donât have to balance out an increase in âlandscape of fearâ effects. If you think maggots have really high moral value and net positive lives you might dislike the competitive population reduction effect, but most people wonât care about that.
huh, thatâs a really interesting point.
Now that you have me thinking about it, I actually wouldnât be surprised to learn if the wild animal welfare effects turn out to be the higher order bit