Myth: Culling badgers is necessary to stop the spread of TB to cows.
Truth: Badger culling is cruel, terrible for biodiversity, costly and not efficacious in controlling disease.
Compassionate Conservation Solution: Vaccinating badgers
Myth: Foxes are greedy predators whose numbers need to be controlled using lethal methods.
Truth: The propaganda against foxes is wholly unfair and unjustified. Snares cause long, painful deaths for foxes.
Compassionate Conservation Solution: Deflect hunting foxes away from nesting wading birds by growing long grass that supports small mammals.
Myth: Magpies are evil because they kill other birds, we need to cull them.
Truth: Magpies are perhaps the most visible of the many garden creatures which will take nestling birds. It is part of survival in the animal kingdom.
Compassionate Conservation Solution: Rewilding will provide ground-nesting birds with more protection.
BRING COMPASSION BaCK TO WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
WE ARE VERIFY HUMANITY
Did you know that ‘conservation’ methods are often invasive, violent and lethal? Animals are viewed through a hierarchical lens, allowing some to live while others are 'culled'. The data shows these methods don’t resolve wildlife issues, in fact they frequently create more issues.
As compassionate conservationists, Verify Humanity seek natural solutions that promote life and a natural balance for all animals. Hover over the images above to learn more.
WHAT IS COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATION?
Compassionate conservation emphasises the well-being of individual animals as well as species and ecosystems. It seeks to prevent harm to animals by using kind, non-violent conservation methods.
Compassionate conservation also involves researching wildlife to uncover hidden, or mis-represented issues. It also aims to find solutions that benefit both humans and wildlife while promoting empathy and respect for all living beings.
Myth: Grey squirrels need to be culled because they're invasive & they kill red squirrels.
Truth: Traffic is the biggest killer of red squirrels. They rely on wooded corridors to find their food, meaning they have to cross busy roads to move between increasingly isolated woodlands.
Compassionate Conservation Solution: In-expensive rope bridges can be implemented to help red squirrels access food more easily and safely.
COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATION IN ACTION
Compassionate Conservation doesn't label species as 'pests' or 'invasive'. All animals are viewed as intrinsically valuable with the right to life. This enables us to find solutions that are fair for all species concerned. Hover over the image to see how compassionate conservation is saving red and grey squirrels.
END SPECIESISM, CHAMPION COMPASSION.
Speciesism assumes human superiority and has allowed us to construct a contradictory belief system where some animals are welcomed into our homes and others are exploited as insentient possessions. This is the belief system that has led to the Sixth Mass Extinction. It has normalised brutal processes such as factory farming, the illegal wildlife trade, entertainment killing, conservation culling and laboratory experiments.
Verify Humanity is on a mission to break down speciesist mindsets and show everyone how to get involved with compassionate conservation.
Whether it’s volunteering your time, signing petitions, being a voice for animals on government consultations, sharing our message, partaking in our research or helping animals yourself - like planting more flowers for the bees, there are lots of ways you can help wildlife.
HUMAN-WILDLIFE CONFLICT
Human-wildlife conflict is when encounters between humans and wildlife leads to negative outcomes, such as loss of property, livelihoods, and even animal or human life. Through our research we are identifying wildlife issues and finding compassionate solutions.
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