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> if you care primarily about the humans, then how can the answer be to have less of them?

If you care about the well being of dogs, how can the answer be to have less of them crammed in your tiny apartment?

It’s about balance. It is not true that more of something is unambiguously good, for itself or the system as a whole.

You should read about how reintroducing wolves, a carnivore that kills other animals, made the Yellowstone ecosystem flourish.

Or the case of Macquarie Island.

Or the deer of Manitou Island.

Or, or, or. We have tons of examples.