We haven't figured out whether humans have any obligation to minimize suffering in wild animal populations, not just domesticated ones.
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Wild animals experience enormous suffering from disease, starvation, and predation, and it's unclear whether humans have any duty to intervene, given the massive scale and complexity involved. This unresolved question is a growing but underexplored area of ethics.
Citation ID: WS01116
Title: We haven't figured out whether humans have any obligation to minimize suffering in wild animal populations, not just domesticated ones.
URL: https://worldsolve.org/index.php?api=problem&id=1116