> Eliminating a species because we don't like it reminds me of speciesism How about eliminating them because they are killing us, literally by the millions? Vi

> Eliminating a species because we don't like it reminds me of speciesism How about eliminating them because they are killing us, literally by the millions? Viewed that way, it seems more like normal self-defense to me. Currently mosquito-borne diseases kill around 700,000 people each year; this figure does not include the cost to society of the people who become ill but later recover. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquito