Co-Thriving
Co-thriving is about more than coexistence. It is the lived practice of creating conditions where humans and other species can flourish together, acknowledging non-human animals as active agents in their own recovery. Rather than centering on human control, co-thriving emphasizes reciprocity, shared resilience, and the creation of futures where diverse beings thrive in harmony.
The Co-Thriving Vision
Co-thriving is being developed through collaboration between Daniel Curry and Claire Musser, combining field practice and research to redefine human–wildlife relationships across the Western United States and beyond.
Daniel Curry is a conflict mitigation specialist and founder of Project GRIPH (Guarding the Respective Interests of Predators & Humans), where he has long championed non-lethal coexistence with predators through daily, lived practice. Focusing on range riding as his primary tool. His work challenges the boundaries of conservation by centering empathy, communication, and the shared well-being of wolves, livestock, and people. This vision moves beyond coexistence into a future where co-thriving is the norm.
Claire Musser is the Executive Director of the Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project and a postgraduate researcher in Anthrozoology and Environmental Film. Her research explores multispecies entanglements and co-developing the emerging theory of co-thriving with Curry through both academic and field-based collaboration.
Coming Soon
Their upcoming co-authored book chapter and multispecies ethnography, along with additional research papers and doctoral work by Musser, describe Co-Thriving as an Emerging Theory and Praxis: a framework that connects ethics, ecology, and lived experience.