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'Næss argued that all beings, whether human or nonhuman, have an equal right to exist and flourish, a principle he called “biospherical egalitarianism”.' Doesn
by chasil 3y ago
'Næss argued that all beings, whether human or nonhuman, have an equal right to exist and flourish, a principle he called “biospherical egalitarianism”.'
Doesn't the prey of the wolf share the same right? If so, which claim is superior? Isn't a better position that the wolf contributes to a healthy ecosystem, as was found when they were reintroduced to Yellowstone?
https://www.geographyrealm.com/wolf-reintroduction-yellowstone/ https://www.geographyrealm.com/wolf-reintroduction-yellowsto...
'It may also play an effective role in countering the often-baseless fear and hysteria around wolves (Næss blamed the brothers Grimm for the animals’ bad public image).'
Proper care of wild wolves must involve vaccination for rabies, as 78% of attacks on humans involved infection.
https://wolf.org/wolf-info/factsvsfiction/are-wolves-dangerous-to-humans/ https://wolf.org/wolf-info/factsvsfiction/are-wolves-dangero...
- mytailorisrich 3y agoNatural predation is irrelevant to the argument. Wolves and their preys co-exist and "equal right to exist" is more fundamental: they have the right to live their lives in the natural world as opposed to being exterminated. They have "the right to be there" as also written in the article.
- eesmith 3y agoWhat of the right of guinea worms to live in their natural world and not be exterminated?
- amanaplanacanal 3y agoIt seems to be part of human nature to care mostly about large cute animals. Nobody seems to care about invertebrates.
- 4death4 3y agoMy reading is that the “right to exist” applies to the species as a whole, not individual animals.
- fastasucan 3y agoIf you are a deer that gets eaten by a wolf you have excisted, but if wolves is eradicated they have not.