“I’m always surprised when I see the laws of evolution being used as an argument for the status-quo. You can’t say “we mustn’t change anything because otherwise evolution will stop”. Evolution has come to a certain point at which it has brought about a species intelligent enough, and capable enough (opposable thumb, air-breathing, social…) to change the very principle of evolution. Evolution 1.0 was blind, purposeless. Evolution 1.5, originating some 600 million years ago, created (blindly, purposelessly) foreseeing and purposeful beings – but these still had no grip on evolution as a whole. Now they have started to have such a grip. This is the beginning of evolution 2.0.”

— David Olivier, comment on the Reducing-Wild Animal Suffering Facebook group