Cameron Meyer Shorb making the case for wild animals and why we should care about their suffering.

Cameron is the executive director of Wild Animal Initiative, a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of animals by accelerating the growth of wild animal welfare science.In this episode Cameron helps us to understand the vast topic of wild animal suffering. Cameron makes the compelling case for why we should invest resources into understanding how we can reduce wild animal suffering responsibly with data-backed interventions, improving the overall well-being of wild animals.  We talk through the importance of Wild Animal Initiative’s research in this area, their grant-making arm which is enabling the research field in this area to grow and the future plans for their work. Relevant links to things mentioned throughout the show:Wild Animal Initiative website Animal Ethics websiteCricket Science Game and WAI's blog post explaining the projectWAI blog post: Core concepts of wild animal welfare suffering Farmed and wild animal welfarePast interventions future welfare applicationsHouse sparrow researchJoin the WAI researcher community Twitter: @forwildanimalsHeather Browning & Walter Veit: Positive wild animal welfare paperHeather Browning talk on the above paperAn Immense World by Ed YongChildren of Time by Adrian TchaikovskyWAI Newsletter sign upWAI DonateWith thanks to Tom Felbar (Ambedo Media) for amazing video and audio editing!Note: My (James') views here are my personal opinions and don't represent those of Coefficient Giving.If you enjoy the show, please leave a rating and review us - it means a lot to us!