#Act4 FarmAnimals Biosecure farms complete with staff quarantine and chutes for dead pigs are seen as progress, but may carry their own risks. A 12-storey pig farm: has China found the way to tackle animal disease? 21 September 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals A sample of frozen chicken wings imported from Brazil has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, authorities said Thursday, the latest in a series of reports of contaminated imported food products. Chinese officials say chicken wings imported from Brazil tested positive for Covid-19 13 August 2020
#Act4 Pets Activists hope coronavirus epidemic will be the death knell of tradition. China dog meat festival goes ahead but COVID-19 takes a toll 29 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Wuhan has made a bold and promising move: it has banned people from eating wild animals for five years. In Wuhan people banned from eating wild animals for five years 25 May 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The demand for meat is growing globally, and China is the world’s largest future market for protein. Cultivated meat, a possible solution to satisfy China’s meat demand 17 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Even as a pandemic threatens food supply chains, most firms, including China’s top pig and poultry producer, have shed no light on how they are managing risks and opportunities linked to farm animal welfare. Asia’s biggest food companies silent on the welfare of farm animals 16 April 2020
#Act4 Pets China has drawn up new guidelines to reclassify dogs as pets rather than livestock, the agriculture ministry said, part of a response to the coronavirus outbreak that the Humane Society called a potential “game changer” in animal welfare. China reclassifies dogs as pets, not livestock, in post-virus regulatory push 14 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Thousands of people have started to flood back into Chinese wet markets, with bats, rabbits and dogs still on offer despite the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus: Chinese wet markets still operational, despite COVID-19 30 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife China’s National Health Commission published a list of recommended treatments, including injections that contain bear bile powder. China promotes bear bile as coronavirus treatment, alarming wildlife advocates 27 March 2020
#Act4 Wildlife A study has called into question the effectiveness of measures to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade. Illicit wildlife products 'slipping through the net' 5 March 2020
#Act4 Pets The southern Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen is moving to outlaw the consumption of dogs and cats as the country clamps down on the wildlife trade that scientists suspect led to the coronavirus outbreak. Coronavirus: Shenzhen prepares ban on eating cats and dogs after outbreak 28 February 2020
#Act4 Wildlife 200 individuals and organizations issued an open letter to world health authorities urging them to work with governments to take global action. Coronavirus: Experts call for global ban on live animal markets, wildlife trade 20 February 2020