Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves: Why Animals Matter for Pandemics, Climate Change, and Other Catastrophes
Jeff Sebo 论证人类对待动物的方式与全球性灾难（大流行病、气候变化）之间的深层关联——保护动物不仅是伦理义务，也是人类自我保存的必要条件。 Jeff Sebo argues that how humans treat animals is deeply connected to global catastrophes (pandemics, climate change) — protecting animals is not only an ethical imperative but essential for human self-preservation.
Saving Animals, Saving Ourselves (Oxford UP, 2022) makes the case that the way humans treat animals drives global catastrophes — from pandemics born in factory farms and wildlife markets to climate change fueled by animal agriculture. Sebo argues that animal protection is not merely an ethical luxury but a prerequisite for planetary survival, linking animal welfare to public health, environmental sustainability, and existential risk. The book bridges animal ethics and global catastrophic risk studies in a way few other works have attempted.