Wild Souls: Freedom and Flourishing in the Non-Human World

Protecting wild animals and preserving the environment are two ideals so seemingly compatible as to be almost inseparable. But, in fact, between animal welfare and conservation science there exists a space of under-examined and unresolved tension: wildness itself. When is it right to capture or feed wild animals for the good of their species? How do we balance the rights of introduced species with those already established within an ecosystem? Can hunting be ecological? Are any animals truly wild on a planet that humans have so thoroughly changed? Transporting readers into the field with the scientists tackling these profound challenges, Emma Marris tells the affecting and inspiring stories of animals around the globe—from Peruvian monkeys to Australian bilbies, rare Hawai’ian birds to majestic Oregon wolves. And she offers a companionable tour of the philosophical ideas that may steer our search for sustainability and justice in the non-human world. Revealing just how intertwined animal and human life really is, Wild Souls will change the way you think about nature—and our place within it.

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