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Wednesday, 11 March 2020 - 5.00pm
Location: 
Faculty of Law, G28 (The Beckwith Moot Court Room)

After the recent wildfires in Australia, pictures of burned and bandaged koalas and joeys rescued from the firegrounds flooded social media. The suffering of wild animals made news. But should we be attempting to relieve the suffering of wild animals? And if so, where do we draw the line? Should we also intervene in processes such as r-selection or predation? In this talk, I’ll discuss some traditional ethical approaches to wild animal suffering, and argue that factors such as anthropogenic climate change, the development of new technologies, and the rise of mutualistic ideas about how people should relate to wildlife raise significant challenges for traditional approaches. I’ll propose an alternative account of human ethical relations with wildlife, but conclude that this view runs into difficulties where wildlife management and law is centered around the value of native animals. Much more debate is needed about how to reconcile or prioritize these competing wildlife values.

All our events in the Talking Animals, Law & Philosophy series are free and open to all. No registration required.

For further information, please contact Raffael Fasel (rnf22@cam.ac.uk) or see www.animalrightslaw.org.

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