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Will Nonhuman Rights Decrease Human Vulnerability to Zoonotic Diseases?

Zoonotic diseases (ZDs) are a significant threat to human health and security. Despite well-understood links between environmental degradation and the emergence of ZDs, this information has not been sufficient to generate the political will or personal motivation to significantly change the way humans interact with the nonhuman world. Rather than addressing the root causes of these disease threats—namely, human-induced habitat degradation and destruction—reactive responses are the norm. Culling of animals, especially livestock and poultry, is a common and often preferred infectious disease control strategy. Animals that are at risk of contracting an infectious disease, including a ZD, are culled in a process referred to as “stamping out.” By killing animals that have a potential to be exposed to the disease in addition to those known to be infectious, it is believed that the infection will be eliminated through lack of access to susceptible hosts. Although stampingout-disease practices are seen as reliable and cost-effective, they exacerbate human vulnerability to ZDs by delaying the need to address the root causes of disease emergence with preventative action.