Highlights: #210 – Cameron Meyer Shorb on dismantling the myth that we can’t do anything to help wild animals
Update: 2024-12-13
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We explored the cutting edge of wild animal welfare science our full interview with Cameron Meyer Shorb, executive director of Wild Animal Initiative, including highlights like:
- One concrete example of how we might improve wild animal welfare (00:00:16 )
- How many wild animals are there, and which animals are they? (00:04:24 )
- Why might wild animals be suffering? (00:08:40 )
- The objection that we shouldn't meddle in nature because nature is good (00:12:25 )
- Vaccines for wild animals (00:17:37 )
- Gene drive technologies (00:20:50 )
- Optimising for high-welfare landscapes (00:24:52 )
These highlights are from episode #210 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast: Cameron Meyer Shorb on dismantling the myth that we can’t do anything to help wild animals. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — so if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode!
And if you're finding these highlights episodes valuable, please let us know by emailing podcast@80000hours.org.
Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong
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