Ethics In Invasive Species Management

Joey Tuminello unfolds his thinking about "invasive" species.

You've probably got a list of animals you'd never think about hurting.  But what if those animals were crowding out other animals you valued? 

Credit University of California-Davis

That is the ethical issue faced by the people manage the curbing or removal of invasive species. 

Like the Tui Chub, a fish in Diamond Lake that has crowded out sport fish in the past, leading wildlife managers to poison the lake to kill all the fish (and later re-stock). 

Joseph Tuminello studies this kind of ethical dilemma in his doctoral research in Texas.  He joins us with an overview of some of the ethical questions in invasive species management. 

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