In an era of rapid environmental change, human–wildlife interactions (HWIs) are
increasingly complex and pervasive across ecosystems. Negative outcomes from such …

Animal welfare and ethics are important factors influencing wildlife conservation practice,
and critics are increasingly challenging the underlying ethics and motivations supporting …

Animals, like humans, suffer and die from natural causes. This is particularly true of animals
living in the wild, given their high exposure to, and low capacity to cope with, harmful natural …

Invasive predators are responsible for declines in many animal species across the globe. To
redress these declines, conservationists have undertaken substantial work to remove …

Expert elicitation can be valuable for informing decision‐makers on conservation and
wildlife management issues. To date, studies eliciting expert opinions have primarily …

Ecologists routinely engage directly or indirectly with policy. Long portrayed as a tradeoff
between a scientist's societal impact and their credibility, the decision to advocate for …

Simple Summary Reaching conservation objectives while upholding individual animal
welfare standards presents a significant challenge for zoos, especially if some individual …

Compassionate conservation is an ethical framework proposed to instill greater compassion
for individual animals in conservation science and practice. In addition to highlighting …

Simple Summary This paper considers examples of how humans negatively affect the
welfare of wild animals, how such impacts might be reduced and what additional research is …

There are many impediments to conserving threatened birds. Some can be overcome
through concerted action across multiple species while others require species-specific …