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Study Finds Ethical Justification To Eradicate Certain Harmful Species (stories.tamu.edu)

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[–] Drusas@fedia.io 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If you're going to judge whether or not species are "okay" to go extinct because they cause harm, maybe realize that humans are also a species of animal.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This was the first thing I thought when I saw the headline. After mosquitoes, fuck mosquitoes (but maybe even they have a function to recycle iron from large land mammals into limnic water environments, idk).

[–] SW42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Oh we’re working on it.