#Act4 Aquatics The New Scientist has published alarming data stating that fish are infected with nearly 300 times more parasitic worms than in the 1980’s. Here we discuss the many alternatives to consuming conventional seafood, for our health and for the sake of the planet. Study reveals fish contain 283 times more parasites than 40 years ago 10 April 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Half of the UK’s chickens are being produced by companies fully or partly controlled by US agribusinesses, according to an analysis of industry data, fuelling concerns of growing American influence over the British food sector. Half of UK chickens produced by US agriculture giants 8 April 2020 CIWF
#Act4 FarmAnimals Scientists are tracing the path of Sars-CoV-2 from a wild animal host – but we need to look at the part played in the outbreak by industrial food production. Is factory farming to blame for coronavirus? 1 April 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU We demand that the 27 National Ministers of Health in the European Union immediately coordinate the response to the health emergency of COVID19. Campaign asks EU’s National Ministers of Health to immediately coordinate the response to the COVID-19 emergency 30 March 2020
Once again, an animal has been the source of a virus outbreak among humans. If we want to prevent another epidemic, we will have to drastically change how we interact with animals, scientists say. Skipping viruses: should we treat animals radically differently? 23 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals The primary cause of zoonotic diseases like coronavirus is not the consumption of wildlife—it’s the consumption of animals, period. Coronavirus should make you reconsider eating meat 23 March 2020
#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 FarmAnimals The coronavirus outbreak stresses the need to change how we make our meat. Modernizing meat production will help us avoid pandemics 17 March 2020
#Act4 FarmAnimals Chicken is the most popular meat in the UK and its consumption is growing. A report shows the true costs of production on this scale. Chicken consumption and the hidden consequences for animal welfare, our environment and public health 16 March 2020 CIWF
The concern of consumers about food safety in the United Kingdom has gone up based on results of a survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Survey shows slight rise in concern about food safety in UK 9 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 FarmAnimals Salmonella and Campylobacter are becoming increasingly resistant to ciprofloxacin, one of the antibiotics used for treating infections caused by these bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance in the EU: infections by foodborne bacteria becoming harder to treat 5 March 2020