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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Just as lacewings and dragonflies keep mosquito populations in check, birds of prey eat rodents that can carry Lyme-bearing ticks, hantavirus, plague bacteria and other ills. Boston, Oct. 18, 2007 The writer is associate director, Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School. Epstein, M.D.