Quantifying harm posed by invasive species to animal welfare will reveal a moral problem for so-called "compassionate conservation", which demands protection for even invasive animals.
Is it compassionate to allow invasive rats, mice, cats to injure & kill wildlife?
#bioinvasion #invasivespecies
Anthony Ricciardi
🐜 How severely do animals suffer from invasive species? Researchers have developed a new framework called AWICIS that classifies animal welfare impacts across five levels. One key finding: especially invasive ant species cause substantial harm to native fauna. 👉 www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/meas...
