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Following a delay in implementing the Italian ban on fur farms, 1600 mink have been culled due a new SARS-CoV-2 outbreak. The farming of animals for the production of fur has been prohibited since 1 January 2022 in Italy, however there are still thousands of mink housed on five farms.

1600 mink culled due to COVID outbreak on Italian fur farm, despite ban

Twelve leading NGOs have written to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its Member States emphasizing that to prevent future pandemics they need to put animal welfare at the center of the WHO Pandemic Treaty currently being negotiated between the 194 Member States.

NGOs call for root causes of pandemic prevention to be put at centre of new pandemic treaty

Eurogroup for Animals and the Fur Free Alliance have released a scientific statement on public health risks associated with SARS-CoV-2 and intensive mink production, signed by numerous scientists from the fields of virology, infectious diseases, clinical microbiology, veterinary medicine and environmental health.

Scientific statement on public health risks from SARS-CoV-2 and the intensive rearing of mink

15 February 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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