PHL273H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Animal Welfare, Nez Perce People, Red Wolf
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Essay 2: article in the new yorker, mountain lions from los angeles. Virunga: a lot of rangers have died protecting mountain gorillas in the park. Species matter for now : being a member of a species s is a morally relevant fact. This is tricky: speciest being a member of some species is morally relevant (superiority) What justifies our special obligations towards endangered species: will not find a satisfying answer to that. The issue of species preservation is complicated. Exists in only one part of a river. Part of river that needed to be dammed for economic gain and increasing well-being of the area: irrigation, drinking water. Tension between preserving species and increasing well-being and economic gain of the area. Decided that it did not matter enough to outweigh economic gain and well-being. Not found in any natural habitat and repopulated in zoos. Little hope of reintroducing them to natural habitat, didn"t even know what that is.