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3 Rel.: Beyond Anthropocentrism 7 (2015)
Animals in Need: The Problem of Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature

handle is hein.journals/relations3 and id is 3 raw text is: Animals in Need The Problem of Wild Animal Suffering and Intervention in Nature Editorial Catia Faria' - Eze Paez2 PhD Candidate, Pompeu Fabra University 2 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Pompeu Fabra University catiaxfaria@gmail.com joseezequiel.paez@upf.edu This special volume of Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism is dedicated to examining a problem which has recently attracted a great deal of interest. This is the question about the harms that nonhuman animals suffer in the wild due to natural causes and the reasons to aid them whenever it is fea- sible for us to do so. This problem, although tremendously important, has traditionally received less attention relatively to others, such as the moral consideration of the nonhuman animals exploited by humans. The tide is changing, however, as more and more theorists start now to study it and as new publications addressing it appear. The background assumption challenged by those who work on this topic is the widespread belief that life in the wild is idyllic for nonhuman animals. It is commonly thought that, in nature, when free from any kind of human interference, animals enjoy happy lives, and that any problem they may face in that regard is actually due to human action. The truth of the matter, however, is at odds with this common belief. Unfortunately, reality is utterly unlike this idyllic picture of life in the wild. Animals living in nature undergo systematic harms on a daily basis. The ways in which this occurs are manifold. Animals are harmed by starvation and dehydration. They suffer from multiple diseases as well as from injuries caused by accident. They have to deal with harsh weather and climatic con- ditions. They suffer many intra and interspecific aggressions - including

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