Perspectives: Essays on Medium

Find vibrant perspectives about animals, ethics and public policy in our column, hosted on the Medium platform.

Ethics think tanks like ours are key organizations for envisioning how we ought to live, and then translating that into specific ideas, best practices and policy proposals for the community at large.

While there are a plethora of think tanks focusing on social issues, and several for the environment and sustainability, there are precious few for animals either domestic or wild.

This makes it particularly important that we reach out with public facing essays that are accessible to all. Under the direction of our Associate Editor, Nicole Roberts, our Medium column does just that. We hope you’ll find the content of our Medium column stimulating, and we look forward to being in dialogue with you.
 


 

The Complexity of Foraging and its Role in Elephant Well-being

Originally published as a chapter in Elephant Welfare in Global Tourism by Liv Baker, Rebecca Winkler, Sarah Blaine, Chelsea Greer, Kerri McCrea, and Laura Peoples. Read More

Killing Barred Owls is a Moral Atrocity

Originally published by Bill Lynn, PhD, in The Ecological Citizen. Read More

“Ballot Box Biology:” The Myth That Stopped Proposition 127 — and Could Shape the Future of…

Originally published in Dr. Becky Niemiec’s Substack by Rebecca Niemiec, PhD. Read More

What It Means to Know an Animal

By Bill Lynn, PhD Read More

Words We Need: Stewardship

Originally published in Conservation Works by Michelle Nijhuis. Read More