#Act4 Pets A new United Against Rabies Forum aims to accelerate progress towards the elimination of human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030. OIE, FAO and WHO leaders announce collective effort to fight rabies. World Rabies Day: Find out all events 28 September 2020
#Act4 Pets Today the European Commission has followed in the footsteps of several international organisations in clarifying basic facts for European citizens on pets in the time of COVID-19. European Commission releases Q&A on animals and COVID-19 25 May 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 Pets Canine companions trigger similar neural pathways to the parent-baby bond, and reduce loneliness and depression. Now new pet therapy trials are reporting dramatic effects. ‘Dogs have a magic effect’: how pets can improve our mental health 23 March 2020
#Act4 Pets A pet dog in Hong Kong has a “low-level” infection of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in people, in what may be the first known human-to-animal transmission of the novel coronavirus that has sickened more than 90,000 people worldwide. Dog has ‘low-level’ coronavirus infection in first known human-to-animal transmission 9 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 Pets Moscow authorities are rounding up stray animals and exterminating rats as a precaution against the new coronavirus, actions that animal rights campaigners decried as cruel and scientifically groundless. Moscow rounds up stray animals, kills rats over coronavirus fears 28 February 2020
#Act4 Pets Having a cat as a pet is common in Switzerland. Hypoallergenic cats - Why experts are skeptical 27 March 2019
#Act4 Pets Somewhere in Southern Israel, a first-of-its-kind venture trains dogs to locate early signs of cancer. The Israeli dogs that can detect cancer 12 February 2019
#Act4 Pets Increasingly around the world, pets are treated as full members of the family. Being in connection with your pet is good for your health 11 January 2019