> Despite these ecological benefits in desert environments, feral animals have long been denied the care, curiosity and respect native species deservedly receiv

> Despite these ecological benefits in desert environments, feral animals have long been denied the care, curiosity and respect native species deservedly receive... > However, there are signs of change. New fields such as compassionate conservation and multispecies justice are expanding conservation’s moral world, and challenging the idea that only native species matter. I never heard anyone make the argument that "only native species matter", that sounds like a framing. The issue with feral species is that in many cases they drive out native species and have a destructive impact on the ecology in a way that is hard to mitigate. I hope that these compassionate conservationists are also big picture conservationists who evaluate the system as a whole.