Many environmental ethicists argue that technological interventions in conservation are problematic because they impose a human stamp on nature, diminishing or undermining its value (Angermeier, 2000; McMahan et al., 2016). A common expression of this concern is the idea that nature’s value is tied to its wildness or otherness (Hailwood, 2000), and conservation efforts that interfere with wildness are morally troubling.
The author argues that, nature has value because of its outside independence from human influence. When using technology to alter or genetically modify animals, it puts a human stamp, having nature lose its authentic "wilderness." This interference is morally troubling not allowing nature to run its course, for the idea humans have to "make things right", raising concern about the role of technology in conservation.