Is it ethical to eradicate certain harmful species?

Is it ethical to eradicate certain harmful species?

Using screwworms, mosquitoes, and invasive rodents as case studies, a team of researchers argues that deliberate full extinction of harmful species is acceptable, but only rarely. Under what conditions would it be right—or is it never acceptable—to eliminate a harmful species from our planet? That’s what researchers, including Clare Palmer, a professor of philosophy from Texas A&M University, explore in a study in Science. In the study, research…