Dealing with conservation’s inconvenient individual
Conservation may save species, but what does it cost individual animals? Welfare belongs in the ethical calculus: sustainable is not always ethically justified.
Conservation efforts can protect species and ecosystems, but they often come at a cost to individual animals. While conservationists aim to save populations and species, they must also consider the welfare of the individual animals involved. This raises the question of whether sustainable conservation practices are ethically justified, as they may cause harm to individual animals.
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