Animal Ethics
Description
Animal Ethics was formed to address the problem of speciesism, the discrimination against animals who belong to a particular species. We have a particular focus on helping animals who live in the wild because they are the largest and most neglected group affected by speciesism.We aim to have the biggest impact over the longest period of time possible. We focus on increasing concern for nonhuman animals and on promoting practical work to benefit them over the long term.
Details
Language:
en
Release Date:
04/20/2021 11:07:08
Authors:
Animal Ethics
Genres:
education
Episodes
Wild animal suffering course - Wild animal suffering and the importance of the future
Release Date: 9/16/2020
Duration: 7 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: The concluding audio of our course 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 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Practical objections against helping wild animals
Release Date: 9/16/2020
Duration: 8 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio discusses practical objections to establishing welfare biology and helping animals in the wild. These include worries that the questions are too difficult to make progress on or even impossible to know, the idea that only human interests are suitable goals for science, and worries that these ideas may be disapproved of. We will see that these objections are unfounded. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Responses to criticisms to the ethics of helping animals
Release Date: 9/16/2020
Duration: 8 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Here we discuss objections to the general idea of helping animals who live in the wild. There are many such objections, but we will see that none are persuasive and many are premised on speciesism. We can see this from the fact that these critics would not object to helping humans in similar circumstances. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Welfare biology and other cross disciplinary fields
Release Date: 9/16/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio describes how welfare biology would be in multidisciplinary field and describes potential areas of collaboration with conservation fields. The fields of "compassionate conservation" and "conservation welfare" appears similar to welfare biology and there are potential points of collaboration. However, they are ultimately distinct in that they have mainly conservationist goals, rather than being focused on the well-being of individuals, as welfare biology would be. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Promising areas for welfare biology research
Release Date: 9/16/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Here we discuss areas where welfare biology research could be particularly impactful. Some key areas are vaccination programs, saving animals from extreme weather events, helping animals in urban areas, and helping large herbivores. These are all potentially popular programs that could help animals while advancing the field of welfare biology. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Reasons for promoting welfare biology as an academic field
Release Date: 9/16/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio covers the benefits that the discipline of welfare biology could bring. These are 1) the potential for answering important questions about welfare biology 2) the potential to influence policy regarding animals living in the wild, and 3) the potential for the discipline to fundamentally change how people think about animals living in the wild. It describes the reasons why this research subject is currently neglected, but why there is also great potential for that to change. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - What is welfare biology?
Release Date: 8/17/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Our next audio turns to describing welfare biology, the proposed field of study of animals with respect to their well-being as individuals. This field would incorporate ecology, zoology, and other fields, to understand in order to improve the welfare of animals living in the wild. Though previously these these subjects were studied mainly to help humans or for environmentalist reasons, welfare biology would help animals, including especially animals living apart from humans. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - The concepts of welfare, animal welfare, and wild animal welfare
Release Date: 8/17/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Our next audio clarifies the concepts involved in the consideration of wild animals with respect to their well-being. First, it clarifies the different ways in which the term welfare may be used – that is, what makes a life go well or go badly for individual. It then considers the differences between the commonly interchanged terms "wild animal welfare" and "wild animal suffering." 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Invertebrate sentience
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 12 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio investigates the question of invertebrate sentience. Though the question is complicated, there is surprisingly strong evidence for the sentience of many invertebrates. We will see the evidence for their sentience ranges from very clear in the case of octopuses, compelling in the case of honeybees, and unclear in the case of snails. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - What is sentience?
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This next audio explains what sentience is, what it is not, and how we can assess the sentience of other beings. It describes the many different sources of evidence that bear on this question and the most important one, the presence of a centralized nervous system. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Animal ethics and environmental ethics
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio discusses views in environmental ethics, including ecocentrism, species focused views, wilderness focused views, and biocentrism. It discusses how, contrary to their hopes, many environmentalist positions have a basis in anthropocentrism. We can see this from the fact that animals are sacrificed for environmentalist goals, but humans never are. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Ethical theories and nonhuman animals
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio turns to what different kinds of ethical theories imply about how we should treat animals. We will see that despite their differences, they all imply (or are at least compatible with) full moral consideration of animals. We should therefore challenge speciesism regardless of which moral theory we accept. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Arguments against speciesism II
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio considers further arguments against speciesism. First, the argument from relevance considers that we should consider only criteria relevant to the question and the only criteria that seems relevant to moral consideration is sentience. The audio then explains why sentience is the only thing that implies that organisms can be harmed or benefited and why it is therefore so important. It next explains why, because they have an interest in positive experiences, death is also a harm for animals. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Arguments against speciesism I
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio considers the first set of arguments against speciesism. It describes how many arguments for speciesism simply beg the question, which is to say they represent circular reasoning. It then considers that for any trait someone might consider to justify a higher moral status for humans, we can point to some humans who lack that trait, and disregarding them would clearly be unacceptable. Finally, the video considers a positive argument against speciesism, the argument from impartiality based on the veil of ignorance thought experiment. 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.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Speciesism, moral consideration and anthropocentrism
Release Date: 8/6/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio begins the second module of our course, which concerns the ethics of our treatment of animals and the evidence of their sentience. This video covers what moral consideration means and how speciesism consists of withholding moral consideration towards other species. It describes how having interests (by being sentient) is the correct criterion for determining moral consideration. It describes the different forms that speciesism can take and how they all constitute harmful discrimination. 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPOtLC9ffqk
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Helping animals in the wild
Release Date: 7/30/2020
Duration: 2 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of Animal Ethics "Helping animals in the wild" web page, from the wild animal suffering section. Explains several ways in which animals can be helped, and are indeed currently helped, when they are harmed by natural or indirectly anthropogenic reasons.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - The situation of animals in the wild
Release Date: 7/30/2020
Duration: 2 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of Animal Ethics "The situation of animals in the wild" web page, from the wild animal suffering section. Presents the different threats animals face in the wild, including hostile weather conditions, lack of food and water, disease, injuries due to accidents, conflicts, and psychological suffering.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Why wild animal suffering matters
Release Date: 7/30/2020
Duration: 1 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of Animal Ethics "Why wild animal suffering matters" web page, from the wild animal suffering section. Presents the reasons why the interests of animals in the wild matter, and why wild animal suffering is very important.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - What you can do
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This next audio turns to the crucial subject of how you can help to achieve a better situation for animals. There are many ways in which this can be done, based on your profession or background. What matters is not only that we stop exploiting animals, but also that we take efforts to actively help them, including of course animals who live in the wild. One of the most important things everyone can do is to inform themselves about the situation of animals and advocate towards improving it. This is the last audio of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0p_6gWj6ls&t=7s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Vaccinating animals in the wild
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio turns to perhaps the best case of helping large numbers of animals who live in the wild: vaccinating them. There have already been large successful vaccination campaigns which have completely eliminated the disease rinderpest and greatly reduced the prevalence of rabies in large areas. These vaccination programs were not done for the sake of the animals themselves, but they still greatly helped those animals and they can help to inform future vaccination programs. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igRsqpOJP7U
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Various ways to help wild animals in need
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This next audio discusses various other ways in which we can help animals who live in the wild. These include healing sick, injured, or orphaned animals, building shelters, and helping hungry or thirsty animals. Just like humans, nonhuman animals can also benefit from medical aid when they are sick or injured. Some may also benefit from shelters to keep them safe from the weather and predators. Animals are often hungry or thirsty, and providing food or water to them can be a good way of helping them in the right circumstances. Finally, orphaned animals are especially in need of help because they are unable to care for themselves. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dl_eHonR0w
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Rescuing animals
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: With this audio, we turn to ways of helping animals who live in the wild against the harms described in the previous videos. This video discusses how we can help trapped animals or animals injured in natural disasters. Animals sometimes become trapped (in mud for example) and may eventually die unless freed. Just as they affect humans, natural disasters can also devastate animals who live in the wild. We should celebrate animal rescues in these cases. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86s68fqZm6g&t=45s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Reproductive strategies and animal suffering
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This audio turns to how different reproductive strategies affect the welfare of animals. Unfortunately, the reproductive strategy that is most prevalent, r-selection, is also the one that results in the most suffering. Animals who are r-selected have large numbers of offspring and invest very little resources in each one. This unfortunately means that almost all of these animals will die painfully before reaching adulthood. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hFL5hPsrEU
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Injuries due to accidents
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This is the last audio of our videos describing the harms that animals living in the wild face. It describes the many ways they can be harmed through accidents. Birds can collide with trees, elephants can get stuck in swamps, deers can puncture their eyes on low hanging branches, and squirrels can fall out of trees. Unlike humans, nonhuman animals have extremely limited ability to care for their injuries; often they are unable to take the time to heal because of the pressure to find food. Injuries can potentially become chronic or lead to death. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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 the 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkiWh9BGPcU&t=21s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Conflicts between animals
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 8 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Animals who live in the wild face many sources of harm. Conflicts between animals are one of these that cause great misery to animals. These conflicts between species can take the form of predation or parasitism. Conflicts are also common within species over territory, food, mating opportunities, and through sexual coercion. These conflicts can lead to severe acute injuries, some of which may become chronic, as well as causing fear and stress. Many animals are also killed through these conflicts. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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 the 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5iTSc5zOhQ&t=4s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Hunger, thirst and psychological stress
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Most animals who are ever born die of thirst or starvation shortly after being born or hatched. Those who survive may have to search for food and water at great risk to their lives and wellbeing. We know that, at least for some animals, thirst can be a terrifying and painful experience. Anxiety is also a major harm to animals in the wild, and for some it appears that living in a constant state of anxiety is an adaptive response that increases their chances for survival. In this video, you 'll see the most common conditions that contribute to hunger, thirst, and psychological stress. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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 the 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jstp2-f4eFw&t=5s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Diseases and parasitism
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 12 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Diseases in nature are widespread, and they interact negatively with other factors such as weather conditions and malnutrition. In order to survive, animals often have to hide their symptoms and they aren't always able to adequately rest and recuperate. Here, you'll learn about common diseases and parasites and how they impact the lives of animals in the wild. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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 the 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCfjRhLGhI4&t=19s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Weather conditions and natural disasters
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 12 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Animals living in the wild must face many challenges from the moment they are born or hatch from their eggs. Weather conditions and natural disasters can have devastating effects on their wellbeing or cause them to die in painful or frightening ways. Large animals who run to safety and birds who can fly away make up only a small percentage of these animals. Smaller animals have even greater difficulty because they cannot escape. In this video, you’ll find out how weather conditions and natural disasters affect individuals of many different types. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNPuj-qhrI&t=62s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - What is wild animal suffering
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Wild animal suffering is about harms to the wellbeing of animals living in the wild. This is frequently confused with the ways species, populations of animals, or ecosystems can be affected. These are entities, not individuals who can feel and suffer. In this video, you'll hear about the meanings of "wild animal suffering" and related terms. This is part of module 1 of our course about wild animal suffering. In this course, 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. You can see the video of the course in our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYJi9zLBjaI&t=46s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - Wild animal suffering an introduction
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This is the audio of the first video in part one of the course Introduction to Wild Animal Suffering. It describes what wild animal suffering is and ways of helping animals. In the course, you'll learn about the plight of animals living in the wild. We reveal what the lives of the most numerous animals — invertebrates — are actually like and we review evidence of their sentience (consciousness). You'll hear what the contemporary debates in animal ethics are and how they relate to showing moral consideration for nonhuman animals. You'll find out about a proposed field of research called welfare biology, the study of the wellbeing of animals living in the wild. You can see the video of the course here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dp6gObE9eA&t=13s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Wild animal suffering course - An overview of the course
Release Date: 6/12/2020
Duration: 5 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: This is the audio of the opening video for the course Introduction to wild animal suffering. It gives an overview of the topics that will be addressed in the 28 videos of the course. In the course, you'll learn about the plight of animals living in the wild. We reveal what the lives of the most numerous animals — invertebrates — are actually like and we review evidence of their sentience (consciousness). You'll hear what the contemporary debates in animal ethics are and how they relate to showing moral consideration for nonhuman animals. You'll find out about a proposed field of research called welfare biology, the study of the wellbeing of animals living in the wild. You can see the video of the course here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cid7idodEPE&t=14s
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Interspecific conflict
Release Date: 5/28/2020
Duration: 20 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/interspecific-conflict/ In nature, the ecosystemic relations in which an organism causes a harm to another one for his or her own benefit are called antagonistic ones. These types of relations occur frequently and entail that many animals suffer significant pain and distress, often for a long time, and eventually die.
Is Closed Captioned: No
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Audio version - Intraspecific fights
Release Date: 5/28/2020
Duration: 15 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/intraspecific-fights/ Animals of the same species can have conflicts and fight over a number of reasons, including territory, mates and social status. Animals of many different species also engage in cannibalism, infanticide and fights to death with siblings.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Working for a future with fewer harms
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 8 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/helping-animals-in-the-wild/working-for-a-future-with-fewer-harms-to-wild-animals/ There would be ways to give them even greater assistance if we had more knowledge and means. For this to be possible, the most important thing is for our societies to care about helping animals in the wild. It is possible that if societies never see helping wild animals as important, the needs of animals in the wild will never be addressed. Advocacy and research to help push society in this direction is therefore incredibly important.
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Audio version - Caring for orphaned animals
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/caring-orphaned-animals/ Animals in the wild sometimes lose one or both parents. In such a situation, it’s often unlikely that they will survive. Most will starve to death unless rescued. This is a critical time for us to help these animals by providing care for them to replace the role of lost parents.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Providing for the basic needs of animals
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/providing-for-basic-needs/ Some of the main reasons animals die in the wild are weather conditions and lack of food and water. Moreover, during food shortages those who don’t starve to death suffer from malnourishment and hunger, as well as thirst. However, it is possible to build shelters for them which can make a difference between life and death and can prevent significant suffering. It’s sometimes possible to provide animals with food and water, although this needs to be calculated very carefully, as otherwise we may increase, rather than reduce, wild animal suffering.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Helping animals in fires and natural disasters
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/animals-helped-in-fires-and-natural-disasters/ Many animals die in natural disasters and fires. Often it would be possible to save many of them if humans chose to. Until recently, nonhuman animals have been disregarded in rescue plans for natural disasters, but this is now starting to change.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Vaccinating and healing injured and sick animals
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 22 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/helping-animals-in-the-wild/vaccinating-healing-sick-injured-animals/ Diseases and injuries are another source of misery for nonhuman animals living in the wild. But, fortunately, this is one of the fields in which we currently know of significant ways to help them.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Rescuing trapped animals
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 8 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/helping-animals-in-the-wild/rescuing-trapped-animals/ Animals often suffer accidents in the wild. For instance, they may become trapped and face painful, lingering deaths. In many cases, it can be relatively easy to rescue them.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Can animals in the wild be harmed in the same ways as domesticated animals and humans
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 9 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/can-animals-wild-harmed-ways-domesticated-animals-humans/ Animals living in nature endure significant harms, as other animals would be harmed in similar circumstances. Humans are not the only beings that can feel suffering and wellbeing. Moreover, wild animal suffering is prevalent. There is no reason to have attitudes towards animals living in nature different from the ones we would have if they were domesticated animals or humans, so we should try to help animals in nature whenever possible.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Evolutionary reasons why suffering prevails in nature
Release Date: 5/25/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-matters/evolutionary-reasons-suffering-prevails-nature/ Natural selection works when different individuals come into existence but only some of them survive, as there are not sufficient resources available for everyone. Because of this, many individuals come into existence only to die shortly after, and a reproductive strategy maximizing the number of new individuals that are born may prevail for evolutionary reasons, even if it entails that wild animal suffering and premature death increase tremendously.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Diseases in nature
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 15 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/diseases-nature/ Animals in the wild can suffer many different kinds of diseases, some of which are very painful and can kill them slowly. Even those that are not lethal cause them significant suffering. While it would often be possible to vaccinate them, this is only done in some cases, and many animals who could be saved will die.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Population dynamics and animal suffering
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-matters/population-dynamics-animal-suffering/ The reproductive strategy that is overwhelmingly prevalent in the wild consists of having huge numbers of offspring of which the vast majority die not long after coming into existence. This is the main cause of wild animal suffering, as it means most animals in nature have little time for enjoying positive experiences and often die in ways that involve significant suffering (such as starvation, dehydration, cold or being eaten alive). In this way, population dynamics suggest that suffering prevails over happiness in nature.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Psychological stress in wild animals
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/psychological-stress-wild-animals/ In addition to suffering physically, many animals also undergo significant psychological stress due to the environmental pressures they have to endure. They often find themselves in situations in which they suffer fear and distress, and, in the case of some animals, sorrow when their offspring or animals within their group die.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Sexual conflict
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 13 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/sexual-conflict/ Sexual coercion is common among animals of many species, and can result in serious harms for them. In addition, the males of different species sometime kill the offspring of other males in order to mate with their mothers. Some animals kill those they mate with.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Natural disasters
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/animals-natural-disasters/ Earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and natural forest fires can cause much suffering and many deaths. Even when it would be possible to help them, most animals affected by natural disasters are left to die or to endure debilitating injuries that could have been healed.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Weather conditions and nonhuman animals
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/weather-conditions-nonhuman-animals/ Many animals die after suffering a great deal due to extreme temperatures. This happens regularly in nature, and sometimes animals suffer whole seasons due to this. In addition, animals are negatively affected due to other factors having to do with climate such as rain, snow and droughts.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Physical injuries in wild animals
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 18 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/physical-injuries-wild-animals/ In the wild, animals are often injured for a number of reasons. The actual wounds may kill the animals, or their injuries may cripple them in ways that are fatal, such as certain types of mutilations. In other cases, even though they survive, they are partly crippled or suffer chronic pain, and their lives are much shorter.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Malnutrition, hunger and thirst in wild animals
Release Date: 5/24/2020
Duration: 11 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/wild-animal-suffering-section/situation-of-animals-wild/malnutrition-thirst-wild-animals/ One of the most important factors limiting the growth of animal populations is the lack of food and water, which can kill huge numbers of animals. We can imagine how much suffering this entails. One of the reasons why many animals have huge numbers of offspring is in order to make it possible that at least some of them can find food and survive, even if it means many others starve to death.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
Audio version - Introduction to wild animal suffering
Release Date: 5/18/2020
Duration: 10 Mins
Authors: Animal Ethics
Description: Audio version of web page: https://www.animal-ethics.org/introduction-to-wild-animal-suffering/ An introduction to Wild Animal Suffering section, that summarizes the content of this subject. It describes what wild animal suffering is and ways of helping animals.
Is Closed Captioned: No
Explicit: No
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