The Importance of Balance in the Management of the Environment

Ecologist: "I think that there's a balance that needs to be struck here, right? When we perturb the environment, we sort of poke it and prod it and push on it. And eventually you're going to,. I don't know if this is a good analogy, but annoy it and then something's going to spill over" He says pets are more at risk than wild animals because they have close contact with livestock. But in terms of diseases carried by livestock versus everything else, he adds, "everything else definitely wins"