Why Is It Morally Permissible To Kill Certain Animals

There are many animals that have been introduced into an ecosystem, which have caused many issues to those ecosystems. These animals are called an invasive species, which can cause issues like killing the native species, as well as growing in huge numbers and pushing out the native species that live there, which brings up the question. Is it morally permissible to kill off certain animals in order to preserve an ecosystem? I do believe that is okay to kill certain animals in order to save the animals living in an ecosystem as well as other scientists, but there are a lot of people that believe it is wrong to kill a specific species in an area in order to save the rest of the animals that live there. If we allow that a certain species to harm

This can agree with the question to whether it is morally permissible to kill a specific animal, by looking at how it could cause the greatest amount of pleasure, or least amount of suffering to the rest of the animals in an ecosystem. However, one argument against this could be, would that not be causing suffering to the animal that you are killing? Are you supposed to bring about the greatest amount of pleasure to all animals, regardless if they are native or not? Arguing that you would be bringing suffering to the animal that you are killing. Then a person that believes in animal welfare would say, well if the animal that is causing suffering to the other animals in an ecosystem, then it is morally permissible to kill that animal because the little suffering you are causing to this animal, will result in a greater amount of pleasure for the native animal species living in the ecosystems. Allowing the amount of pleasure created, trumping the amount pain you are causing to the invasive species, which the give moral standing to the native species and the invasive species. With, the moral standing toward the native species far outweighs the moral standing of the invasive species, if the amount of pleasure is far greater than the little suffering to the invasive species. People who follow the animal welfare

I believe that if an animal that is causing a great amount of suffering to the animals that live in an ecosystem, then it is ok to kill the animal that is causing the suffering. I know that you will be causing pain to a species, but compared to the amount of suffering that would happen to the rest of the animals, this is far less. Another argument against my thought would be how would we be able to in account everyone’s intrinsic value with the animal welfare approach. Showing how if we look at the good of all, then we could possibly end up harming animal with intrinsic value. Instead of looking at what has intrinsic value or not however. What needs to be considered, like mentioned before, is the welfare of the rest of the animals in an ecosystem. If we keep one animals alive due to its intrinsic value, but that animal kill off the rest of the animals in an ecosystem. Then, what about the intrinsic value of the rest of the animals? Which is why I believe that bringing the overall greatest amount of happiness to an entire ecosystem is far greater than worrying about the rights of each animal, even if that means bringing some suffering to an animal species. I believe that we should kill an animal species if it brings a great amount of suffering to an ecosystem, only if it can cause a greater amount of