In an effort to apply these diverse observations about public health, global governance and globalization, I turn to Frederick Murphy's 1998 presentation of emerging zoonoses in the special issue of the journal by the same name. I choose Murphy as a text because of his effort to capture in this brief review not only the range of factors implicated in emerging zoonoses, and the specifics of the most prevalent instances of that date, but also because he focuses on specific proposals to address what he sees as the need for an effective response. I seek to put this conclusion in the context developed in this essay.