The Jains are kind of obsessed with not hurting animals that they just shoo a mosquito rather than squash it. Of late, quite a number of people are caring for the welfare of animals, physical as well psychological wise.
Unheard careers like dog whispers, veterinary acupuncturist have secured their stronghold in some societies.
Now, you may say all that is fine but how is a mosquito (also an animal) contributing to society and should be given due respect? All that do is spread disease. In the last census, half of world population from Stone Age have died from mosquito borne diseases especially malaria.
True, only female mosquitoes bite humans as they need nutritious proteins for their potential off springs. And that mosquitoes are also found in the Arctic Circle but they only help to germinate wild orchids.
Unheard careers like dog whispers, veterinary acupuncturist have secured their stronghold in some societies.
Now, you may say all that is fine but how is a mosquito (also an animal) contributing to society and should be given due respect? All that do is spread disease. In the last census, half of world population from Stone Age have died from mosquito borne diseases especially malaria.
True, only female mosquitoes bite humans as they need nutritious proteins for their potential off springs. And that mosquitoes are also found in the Arctic Circle but they only help to germinate wild orchids.
Maybe the mosquitoes are doing us a favour by competitively protecting us from more severe diseases. Or that they are protecting the green lung tropical forests from intruders to supply oxygen to the atmosphere.
Now that we still continue our deforestation, they must have come back with a vengeance. They too have migrated to our backyard to become city dwellers and give us dengue.
The solution? Mosquitoes are not the culprits here. They just happened to be at the wrong time at the wrong place with wrong genetical make-up to make themselves vectors of diseases. Just that their bodies form a great reservoir for certain protozoas and arboviruses. The real culprits here are the organisms (protozoans or arboviruses), not the vectors, the messengers. Don't kill messenger! The diseases spread if a mosquito bites an infected person only.
We should strive to get to the bottom of the problem, eliminate the real causative agents.
Addentum: Does it answer my children's justification of having chicken in all their meals? Their excuse is there could not be another reason for God to have create chickens other than to garnish the dinner plate! They could not find another reason for their existence in the ecosystem!
The solution? Mosquitoes are not the culprits here. They just happened to be at the wrong time at the wrong place with wrong genetical make-up to make themselves vectors of diseases. Just that their bodies form a great reservoir for certain protozoas and arboviruses. The real culprits here are the organisms (protozoans or arboviruses), not the vectors, the messengers. Don't kill messenger! The diseases spread if a mosquito bites an infected person only.
We should strive to get to the bottom of the problem, eliminate the real causative agents.
Addentum: Does it answer my children's justification of having chicken in all their meals? Their excuse is there could not be another reason for God to have create chickens other than to garnish the dinner plate! They could not find another reason for their existence in the ecosystem!
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