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Timeline of wild-animal suffering

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==Big picture==
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| 1800s–1970 || Wild-animal suffering is occasionally mentioned by philosophers as an example of the amorality of nature. In general, there is little discussion of whether humans should intervene to improve the situation.|| Arthur Schopenhauer, Charles Darwin, John Stuart Mill ||
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| 1970–2000 1970–2004 || After the emergence of the contemporary animal rights/welfare movement, wild-animal suffering is discussed by animal rights philosophers and their critics. The critics consider intervention in nature a reductio ad absurdum of animal rights, while some animal rights authors take it to be a serious moral issue.Most discussion takes place through journals, and discussion participants are mostly academics || Peter Singer, David Olivier, Yew Kwang-Ng, David Pearce (early emergence) ||
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| 2000–present 2005–2012 || Online communities dedicated to utilitarian ethics and effective altruism discuss During this period, interest in wild-animal suffering blossoms with the help of the Internet. Prolific and passionate individuals such as Brian Tomasik, David Pearce, and Oscar Horta play a serious issue. Activists begin forming organizations dedicated to WAS research leading role in creating content and outreachbirthing online communities. The academic moral philosophy community also continues debating the issue.|| Brian Tomasik, David Pearce, Oscar Horta ||
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| 2013–2016 || Organizations begin to form that focus on wild-animal suffering, research, and advocacy (as either a primary or secondary focus). Publications reated to wild animals come from a mix of individuals and organizations. Some organizations use prizes to incentivize work on wild-animal suffering, with mixed results. The nascent effective altruism community exposes more people to wild-animal suffering earlier on in their lives || Brian Tomasik, Simon Knutsson, Jacy Reese, Magnus Vinding, Michael Dickens || Animal Ethics, Foundational Research Institute, Animal Charity Evaluators, Sentience Politics
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| 2017–2019 || In this era, a large share of the production of research related to wild-animal suffering is by individuals as part of their work for organizations. Key organizations that sponsor a large number of publications are: Animal Ethics, Utility Farm, Wild-Animal Suffering Research (the two would later merge into the Wild Animal Initiative), Sentience Institute, and (starting late 2018) Rethink Priorities. The ecosystem is sustained by grant money from the Effective Altruism Animal Welfare Fund, Animal Charity Evaluators' Animal Advocacy Research Fund, and individual donors. || Brian Tomasik, Lewis Bollard, Persis Eskander, Georgia Ray, Ozy Brennan, Abraham Rowe, Oscar Horta || Animal Ethics, Utility Farm, Wild-Animal Suffering Research (the two would later merge into the Wild Animal Initiative), Sentience Institute, Rethink Priorities, Animal Charity Evaluators
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