Thanks for the link. That article mentions a plan where A) a vector species is eliminated and B) the species is repopulated from &quot;clean&quot; populations that have been simultaneously been kept alive in a lab&#x2F;farm. Supposedly this will eradicate the parasite and its host while (probably?) allowing the reintroduction of the host species in the future without all the nasty parasites.<p>I suppose if the parasite rears its head again you could try rinse &amp; repeat or just eradicate the host species and not bother to give them another chance via repopulation from a clean source.<p>EDIT: This eradicate everything, followed by a reintroduction of a &quot;clean&quot; population certainly sounds nicer than plain eradication. I worry about how an ecosystem can gracefully handle a rapid fire extinction&#x2F;reduction and reintroduction.<p>Even if that isn&#x27;t feasible, we would behoove ourselves to think about creating a Naughty Species Bank of populations of species we want to eradicate, before we actually attack that species. I&#x27;d be worried that we cannot re-introduce the original species if (when?) we encounter an &quot;Oops... turns out that was a bad idea...&quot; situation.