Wild animal suffering and the importance of the future

Our concluding video discusses the importance of the future. Since most beings that we can help exist not now but in the future, the future is of great importance. The video describes how what is most important is that we set things up so that in the future animals will be helped. It describes reasons for optimism about our ability to make progress on the questions in welfare biology in the future. Our course finishes with a call to action and describes the ways in which you can get involved with helping animals who live in the wild.

In this course about wild animal suffering, you'll learn about the plight of animals living in the wild. Find out what the lives of the most numerous animals — invertebrates — are actually like and get an overview of evidence of their sentience (consciousness). Hear what the contemporary debates in animal ethics are and how they relate to showing moral consideration for nonhuman animals. Find out about a proposed field of research called welfare biology, the study of the wellbeing of animals living in the wild.

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If you're interested in learning more about the subject, we have many articles on our website on the topics covered in the course.

Attribution:

Photos:

· Dairy cows. Taiwan, 2019. Jo-Anne McArthur
· 20120613_04k Dead green chubby caterpillar :( | Hiking trail between Castrisch & Station Valendas-Sagogn, Switzerland. Josefine S. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Generic license

·A Helping Hand. Incidencematrix. CC BY 2.0 Generic license

· 021. Forest Service Northern Region. CC BY 2.0 Generic license

Videos:

· Baby Bird Dying on a City Sidewalk. Jason Zenith. Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)

· Surprise! Baby wrens in their nest. Portland. Sad ending. Stuart Morris. Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)

· Largemouth Bass, Sunfish, and Bluegill Protecting Their Nests. Krtismo. reative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)

· How to make a WILDLIFE GARDEN! The FOUR things you MUST INCLUDE! A Shot Of Wildlife. Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)

Music: Homeroad. Kai Engel. CC BY 4.0 International license

[GrahamBessellieu]

Perhaps it would be useful to develop an analysis of wild animal suffering in terms of scale, tractability and neglectedness.

I’m also interested in developing visuals on compassionate intervention concepts that may help generate further creativity and imagination for welfare biology.