#Act4 FarmAnimals There is ample science showing how antibiotic overuse on factory farms leads to antibiotic-resistant superbugs, antimicrobial resistance, that spreads to workers, the environment and into the food chain. New report- Fueling the pandemic rise: Factory farming and the rise of superbugs 20 October 2020 WAP
#Act4 FarmAnimals The European Commission's Farm to Fork strategy pledges to reduce the environmental and climate impact of animal production. However, no concrete actions are suggested to tackle the root causes of the problem. How are climate and health crises driven by factory farms? 12 October 2020
#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 FarmAnimals Less and better animal farming is crucial in the fight against climate breakdown, but it is also essential in preventing new pandemics. Animal farming in EU worse for climate than all cars 28 September 2020
#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 recent report on the circulation of A(H1N1) subtype influenza viruses in the swine population in China with evidence of zoonotic potential has alerted the world to the pandemic risk associated with swine influenza viruses. FAO/OIE/WHO Tripartite statement on the pandemic risk of swine influenza 15 September 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 FarmAnimals In documents dating to 2006, government officials predicted that a pandemic would threaten critical businesses and warned them to prepare. Meatpacking companies largely ignored them, and now nearly every one of the predictions has come true. Meatpacking companies dismissed years of warnings but now say nobody could have prepared for Covid-19 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 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
