#Act4 Wildlife The SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of COVID-19, emerged as a human pathogen in 2019. While it is thought to have a zoonotic source, the original wildlife reservoir and any potential intermediate hosts have not yet been identified. IUCN shares guidelines for working with free-ranging wild mammals to minimise the risk of COVID-19 transmission from people to animals 7 September 2020
#Act4 Wildlife In reaction to the global COVID-19 pandemic, attention has focused on the potential role of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to further regulate—or ban—various form of the wildlife trade. How we can use the CITES Wildlife Trade Agreement to help prevent pandemics 7 September 2020
#Act4 Equines From February until August 2020 AHS has officially killed 600 horses and caused more than 15 outbreak areas in the country. Outbreak of the deadly African Horse Sickness (AHS) in Thailand 3 September 2020 Svenska Djurskyddsföreningen
#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 Wildlife Vietnam has banned the import of wildlife and wildlife products to reduce the risk of new pandemics. Coronavirus: Vietnam bans wildlife trade over pandemic risk 10 August 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Authorities handed out permits last year for an “unusually high” 6,752 monkeys and tissues from monkeys to be flown in and sent to laboratories, where chemicals or drugs would be tested on them. Primate-welfare workers are demanding to know why numbers shot up. Primates imported into the UK for laboratory experiments ‘triple in a year to 6,752’ 31 July 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Compiled by a team of international wildlife and veterinary experts, a new study has identified seven routes by which pandemics could occur and 161 options for reducing the risk. It concludes that widespread changes to the way we interact with animals are needed; solutions that only address one issue – such as the trade in wild animals – are not enough. Human interactions with wild and farmed animals must change dramatically to reduce risk of another deadly pandemic 29 June 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Eurogroup for Animals believes that the EU-Mercosur agreement, as it stands now, is a bad deal for animals, nature and people. We must stop the ratification of this agreement, as it stands. What is at stake for animals in the EU-Mercosur Agreement? 22 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Wildlife DNA tests show an increase in the number of animals with positive tests for some coronaviruses from the time they are trapped until they arrive on someone’s dinner plate. Wildlife trade spreads Coronaviruses as animals get to market 19 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Commercial aquaculture is at risk "of fostering future zoonotic pandemics", according to a new report by FAIRR. Radical rethink required for global aquaculture? 12 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife The Chinese government has decided that native Chinese pangolins should have a higher protection status, from the second to the first class. This gives them the same level of protection as the giant panda in China. Pangolin gets special protection status in China 12 June 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals More than five million animal welfare, contamination and processing problems have led to meat being deemed unsafe for humans in Scotland since 2016. Rejected meat: five million defects found by food watchdog in Scotland since 2016 8 June 2020 CIWF