#Act4 Wildlife Mink farms can develop into "virus factories" that can inhibit vaccines, explains the chief physician of the Statens Serum Institutin in an interview with Danish broadcaster DR. Minks with mutated virus can destroy the effect of COVID-19 vaccine 19 October 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Researchers at the Friedrich Loeffler Institute in Germany have conducted a study demonstrating that raccoon dogs were a potential intermediate host in the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Raccoon dogs potential intermediate host for SARS-CoV-2 7 September 2020
#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 Wildlife The European Commission answered a written question from the European Parliament regarding the recent culling of COVID-19 infected minks on fur farms in the Netherlands, as well as the possibility of introducing a definitive European ban on the keeping of animals for fur. European Commission answers written question on COVID-19 infected minks 20 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 Wildlife The Netherlands, a top exporter of mink, has killed more than 500,000 of the animals this month to stop the spread of disease. Coronavirus is killing the Dutch mink industry 26 June 2020
#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 Wildlife Help World Animal Protection end the wildlife trade and protect the animals, the planet and our own health by supporting the campaign. Petition: "Keep them wild - keep us safe!" 15 June 2020 WAP
#Act4 Wildlife A Dutch judge late on Thursday (June 4) postponed the planned cull of around 10,000 mink on farms in the Netherlands where coronavirus had been reported, after animal rights groups objected. Coronavirus: Dutch postpone cull of thousands of minks amid animal rights objections 8 June 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Primatologist calls for overhaul of food habits to prevent a future pandemic. Jane Goodall: humanity is finished if it fails to adapt after Covid-19 8 June 2020 CIWF
#Act4 Wildlife The majority of recently-emerging infectious diseases have wildlife origins. OIE announces the development of guidelines for wildlife trade to reduce health risks and support animal welfare 2 June 2020