A recent blog article by animal advocate Kathleen Prasad encourages people to become spiritual warriors for animals by cultivating four C’s of compassionate conservation.
Managing wildlife populations is complicated. But the international field of compassionate conservation helps us to stay true to our ethics when it comes to solving problems where killing healthy animals in the name of conservation or cost concerns seems to be the only viable answer (case in point: the 44,000 captive wild horses the Bureau of Land Management just voted to kill). The foundational principle behind compassionate conservation is “first do no harm.” Imagine if more governments and agencies let this belief guide them in situations of human-animal conflict—more animal lives might be saved!
Because this revolutionary movement is just getting its feet (or paws, or hooves) off the ground, we need more advocates to step forth and demand a change in unacceptable conservation tactics—even in the face of immense pushback. Calling all spiritual warriors for animals: The world needs you!
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