Highlights: #210 – Cameron Meyer Shorb on dismantling the myth that we can’t do anything to help wild animals

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!

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Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong