Human innovations will massively reduce wild animal suffering
Michael Plant 16, DPhil in Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford, Master’s in Philosophy from the London School of Economics, Former Parliamentary Researcher for Sir Michael Fallon MP, “The Unproven (And Unprovable) Case For Wild Animal Suffering”, http://www.plantinghappiness.co.uk/the-unproven-and-unprovable-case-for-wild-animal-suffering/
It’s possible technological improvements will make radical interventions in wild animal welfare feasible. Artificially intelligent flying drones could replace and extend the activities park rangers have typically filled in animal reserves, for instance delivering medication via dart guns to animals that would cure misery-causing intestinal worms or provide vaccinations. Further, if we believe the zebra’s experience of being killed in truly terrible, we could also fill such zebras with amphetamines or opiates prior to letting the lions kill it. In the (far) future, once many other problems have been solved, this may be a cost-effective way to increase happiness compared to the alternatives.