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Changing wild animals' behavior could help save them – but is it ethical?

  • Written by Daniel T. Blumstein, Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
Changing wild animals' behavior could help save them – but is it ethical?Cane toads: very large, very invasive and very poisonous.reptiles4all/iStock via Getty Images Plus

When large and warty cane toads were first brought to Australia nearly 100 years ago, they had a simple mission: to gobble up beetles and other pests in the sugarcane fields.

Today, though, the toads have become an infamous example of a global problem:...

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