Uploaded September 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro / video overview
1:14 - WAS is neglected
3:54 - Cause area: Disease
4:30 - Intervention examples: Vaccination
7:27 - Cause area: Starvation
9:03 - Intervention examples: Population size & Fertility Control
12:25 - Genetic Engineering & Gene Drives
16:29 - Intervention examples: Gene Drives
17:54 - Reversibility, Persistence & Public perception
20:19 - Responding to Objections
24:34 - Aimless Replicators
27:12 - Conclusion
28:17 - And the winner is...
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---References---
1) Earthling Ed, We Need to Talk:
youtube.com/watch?v=zG6TNgFGRck&t=1s
2) How many wild animals are there?
reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there
RABIES
3) Epidemiology and control of fox rabies in Europe:
europepmc.org/article/med/10194834
EBOLA
4) Ebola Outbreak Killed 5000 Gorillas:
science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5805/1564.full
5) Ebola in great apes – current knowledge, possibilities for vaccination, and implications for conservation and human health:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mam.12082
ANTHRAX
6) Vaccine-induced protection against anthrax in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis):
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15308358
CONTRACEPTION
Horses
7) Wildlife Contraception — Issues, Methods, and Applications (page 202): link.springer.com/article/10.1016/j.mambio.2007.05.011
8) For information on the PZP vaccine on wild horses: was-research.org/paper/wildlife-contraception
Pigeons
9) Ovo Control (NICARBAZIN), a reproductive inhibitor for pigeons:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=birdstrike2006
TOO MANY CATS
10) C4 scheme for cats:
cats.org.uk/c4/eligible.asp
GENETIC ENGINEERING
11) Malaria control with genetically manipulated mosquitoes:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12364786
12) Current proposals using gene drives in wild animal populations:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25035423
13) Safeguarding gene drives:
nature.com/articles/nbt.3412
14) Some variants of the SCN9A gene confer unusually high or unusually low pain sensitivity without compromising function:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526590015007580
15) Predator Free 2050:
doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/predator-free-2050
16) Tsetse fly eradicated on the Island of Zanzibar using sterile insect technique:
fao.org/english/newsroom/highlights/1998/980505-e.htm
17) More information on sterile insect technique:
-sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/sterile-insect-technique
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique
ANIMAL ETHICS
18) Online introduction course on wild animal suffering:
youtube.com/watch?v=cid7idodEPE&list=PLRspdAk7uENPslR3I20AZMgtZzOoUYDmW
19) Written introduction to wild animal suffering:
animal-ethics.org/wp-content/uploads/Introduction_Wild_Animal_Suffering.pdf
WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE
20) An introduction to wild animal suffering:
youtube.com/watch?v=n3H4UtR_eak
21) Persistence and reversibility of wild animal welfare interventions:
youtube.com/watch?v=mEJ50yzhH8s
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro / video overview
1:14 - WAS is neglected
3:54 - Cause area: Disease
4:30 - Intervention examples: Vaccination
7:27 - Cause area: Starvation
9:03 - Intervention examples: Population size & Fertility Control
12:25 - Genetic Engineering & Gene Drives
16:29 - Intervention examples: Gene Drives
17:54 - Reversibility, Persistence & Public perception
20:19 - Responding to Objections
24:34 - Aimless Replicators
27:12 - Conclusion
28:17 - And the winner is...
To support me (thank you): patreon.com/Humanehancock
To donate to my PayPal (thank you): paypal.me/humanehancock
Purchase Animal Riots clothing: animalriots.com
Sign up to take a 22 day vegan challenge: challenge22.com/challenge22
Follow me on Instagram:
instagram.com/humanehancock
Follow me on Facebook:
facebook.com/humanehancock
Get in touch: humanehancock@gmail.com
Special thanks to Deborah Ness for working with me on this video.
---References---
1) Earthling Ed, We Need to Talk:
youtube.com/watch?v=zG6TNgFGRck&t=1s
2) How many wild animals are there?
reducing-suffering.org/how-many-wild-animals-are-there
RABIES
3) Epidemiology and control of fox rabies in Europe:
europepmc.org/article/med/10194834
EBOLA
4) Ebola Outbreak Killed 5000 Gorillas:
science.sciencemag.org/content/314/5805/1564.full
5) Ebola in great apes – current knowledge, possibilities for vaccination, and implications for conservation and human health:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/mam.12082
ANTHRAX
6) Vaccine-induced protection against anthrax in cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) and black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis):
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15308358
CONTRACEPTION
Horses
7) Wildlife Contraception — Issues, Methods, and Applications (page 202): link.springer.com/article/10.1016/j.mambio.2007.05.011
8) For information on the PZP vaccine on wild horses: was-research.org/paper/wildlife-contraception
Pigeons
9) Ovo Control (NICARBAZIN), a reproductive inhibitor for pigeons:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1038&context=birdstrike2006
TOO MANY CATS
10) C4 scheme for cats:
cats.org.uk/c4/eligible.asp
GENETIC ENGINEERING
11) Malaria control with genetically manipulated mosquitoes:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12364786
12) Current proposals using gene drives in wild animal populations:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25035423
13) Safeguarding gene drives:
nature.com/articles/nbt.3412
14) Some variants of the SCN9A gene confer unusually high or unusually low pain sensitivity without compromising function:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1526590015007580
15) Predator Free 2050:
doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/predator-free-2050
16) Tsetse fly eradicated on the Island of Zanzibar using sterile insect technique:
fao.org/english/newsroom/highlights/1998/980505-e.htm
17) More information on sterile insect technique:
-sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/sterile-insect-technique
-en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterile_insect_technique
ANIMAL ETHICS
18) Online introduction course on wild animal suffering:
youtube.com/watch?v=cid7idodEPE&list=PLRspdAk7uENPslR3I20AZMgtZzOoUYDmW
19) Written introduction to wild animal suffering:
animal-ethics.org/wp-content/uploads/Introduction_Wild_Animal_Suffering.pdf
WILD ANIMAL INITIATIVE
20) An introduction to wild animal suffering:
youtube.com/watch?v=n3H4UtR_eak
21) Persistence and reversibility of wild animal welfare interventions:
youtube.com/watch?v=mEJ50yzhH8s
