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Is giving these animals a life of permanent sanctuary and care in captivity a fate worse than death?

She considers philosophical ethology, care ethics, compassionate conservation, and indigenous ways of knowing.

She uses uses her on-the-ground experience with many different animals through the lens of disability.

Bella, a three-year old paraplegic squirrel with all of her life force relocated to the front end. Source: Jacqui Wilmshurst

I've pondered many different iterations of the question in the title of this interview countless times and I'm sure I'm not alone. 1 A month ago, I learned about the very important work of Dr. Jacqui Wilmshurst, who had been a speaker at the Annual Oxford Animal Ethics Summer School, and I deeply wanted to know more about her views on t

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