A Welfare State for Elephants? A Case Study of Compassionate Stewardship

Concern for Wild Animal Suffering and Environmental Ethics: What Are the Limits of the Disagreement?

“…This seems to happen, for instance, in the case of elephants (Cumming et al, 1997;Guldemond and Van Aarde, 2008;Guldemond et al, 2017). Protecting elephants thus appears to be a good way not only to aid them (Pearce, 2015), but also to prevent other animals who would otherwise come into existence from having terrible lives. If this is so, then conservationist efforts to prevent these animals from disappearing can also be supported by those concerned with wild animal suffering.…”

Why Animal Welfare Is Not Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, or Human Welfare: Toward a More Complete Assessment of Climate Impacts

“…For Nussbaum's application of the capabilities approach to animals, see Nussbaum (2007). 20 See, for example, the discussion of elephant welfare in Pearce (2015) or the discussion of chimpanzee welfare in Fritz and Howell (1993).…”

The Unanswered: Indirect Protection through the GATT

“…elephant (L. Africana), 152 but individual elephants still suffer from and remain vulnerable to diseases, parasitism, accidents, drought, starvation, drowning, predation, and stress. 153 Article XX(g) GATT fails to take into account and remains indifferent to the question of how animals are treated or how they cope with their environment. Another concern is that most animals subject to trade are not covered by the exception, because they are not endangered or threatened by extinction.…”