Many experts have warned that environmental degradation is increasing the likelihood of future pandemics like COVID-19, as habitat loss and poaching increase close contact between wildlife and people. This fact has been framed as a reason to increase wildlife conservation efforts. We have many good reasons to step up conservation efforts, but arguments for doing so on the basis of pandemic prevention are rhetorically, ethically, and empricially flawed.

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COVID-19、其他人畜共患病和野生动物保护

许多专家警告说，随着栖息地丧失和偷猎增加野生动物与人类之间的密切接触，环境退化正在增加未来发生 COVID-19 等流行病的可能性。这一事实被认为是增加野生动物保护工作的一个理由。我们有很多充分的理由来加强保护工作，但在大流行预防的基础上这样做的论点在言辞上、道德上和经验上都是有缺陷的。