Somewhere between the impulse to protect wild animals from extinction and animal welfare we've forgotten the wild part says conservationist Emma Marris. She says humans have completely altered wild habitats for beloved animals like elephants and polar bears so that releasing them is untenable and breeding them for a lifetime of captivity is unethical. She asks the thorny questions about when it's ok to capture wild animals in order to save them in her new book, Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World.
Photo: AFP
