English example sentences with "zoonotic"

Zoonotic diseases, meaning diseases transmitted by animals to humans, are increasing.

“The reason for that is that we are disturbing the habitat for some of the wildlife species that are carrying these zoonotic diseases, which means that we are increasing the risk of a spiral from wildlife to—either directly to people or to domestic animals and then to people. So, altering the nature of the forest and reducing their habitats, we are increasing the risk,” Wilkie said.