Two years ago today I gave a keynote on the ethical dimensions of managing outdoor cats. It was to The Outdoor Cat, the first international conference to take up the conservation and welfare considerations of companion, community and feral cats. … Continue reading
Yesterday, National Geographic published a video and article on the ethics of managing barred owls, Shooting Owls to Save Other Owls. Written and produced by acclaimed environmental journalist Isabelle Groc,the story does the best job to date of explaining the … Continue reading
Last week I gave a Marsh Institute lecture at Clark University on outdoor cats and biodiversity — “The End of Biodiversity: Ethical and Policy Issues Around the Super-Predator, Felis catus“. The large and engaging audience took some by surprise. At … Continue reading
Thursday, 26 September 2013 @ 12:15 – 13:15 University Center Lurie Conference Room Clark University Worcester, MA 01610 United States Cats are now said to be the dominant factor in the loss of biodiversity in North America and across the … Continue reading
Last week I submitted the following Op-Ed to The Oregonian (Portland, OR main newspaper) about the ethics process behind the Barred Owl removal experiments in the Pacific Northwest. Who knows whether it will every see the light of day, so … Continue reading
Ever since the release of the US Fish and Wildlife Services final environmental impact statement for a barred owl removal experiment, I have been fielding interviews and requests about the ethics brief that informs the section on ethics in the … Continue reading