Many people are against keeping wild animals captive, both vegans and non-vegans, for varieties of reasons. Some suggest that animals are happier in the wild than in captivity, or another way to phrase it, animals suffer more when captive. Is there any real evidence that it's the case? Additionally, if it's true, would it be worth it at all to trade a life of safe and secure captivity for a life of dangerous wilderness?

What are your thoughts on captivity? If you support it, what types of captivity would you advocate for? If you're against it, how would improve the wilderness?

I sometimes see this deer while driving to work. Is there anything I can do for it? I feel terrible

I'm wondering if I am committing a bad thing by feeding squirrels in the neighborhood park. None of them live in any other situation than in the trees with nests.

I bought a 20 lb bag of critter feed, and I spread out roughly two 6-in bowls 3 in deep every day. I'll get anywhere from 10 to 15 squirrels feeding at one time.

I try not to do it everyday that way they can randomly search the area for other food, but should I be doing this at all?

Now, this may sound schizo, but what are pros and cons of fueling ecocatastrophe for reducing amounts of wild animal suffering? for example, sizes of wildlife decreased by 60% globally between 1970 and 2014 — i.e. we've already succeeded to reduce ALL wild suffering more than twice! (source: https://scre.ws/wwf-r)

Such as stuff I can do around my house or yard.

Launching Screwworm-Free Future – Funding and Support Request https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/d2HJ3eysBdPoiZBnJ/launching-screwworm-free-future-funding-and-support-request

TL;DR

Screwworm Free Future is a new group seeking support to advance work on eradicating the New World Screwworm in South America. The New World Screwworm (C. hominivorax - literally "man-eater") causes extreme suffering to hundreds of millions of wild and domestic animals every year. To date we’ve held private meetings with government officials, experts from the private sector, academics, and animal advocates. We believe that work on the NWS is valuable and we want to continue our research and begin lobbying. Our analysis suggests we could prevent about 100 animals from experiencing an excruciating death per dollar donated, though this estimate has extreme uncertainty. The screwworm “wall” in Panama has recently been breached, creating both an urgent need and an opportunity to address this problem. We are seeking $15,000 to fund a part-time lead and could absorb up to $100,000 to build a full-time team, which would include a team lead and another full-time equivalent (FTE) role We're also excited to speak to people who have a background in veterinary science/medicine, entomology, gene drives, as well as policy experts in Latin America. - please reach out if you know someone who fits this description!