#Act4 Wildlife The Chinese government has decided that native Chinese pangolins should have a higher protection status, from the second to the first class. This gives them the same level of protection as the giant panda in China. Pangolin gets special protection status in China 12 June 2020
#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
#Act4 Wildlife Amid - at times - stringent lockdown measures taken all over Europe, it seemed almost providential that one of our main platforms for home entertainment proposed a very bizarre show, writes Anna van Oeveren at the Wilfred Martens Centre for European Studies. Animals in the time of Coronavirus: Why it’s time to think positive 29 May 2020 Opinion
#Act4 Wildlife EU citizens from six countries overwhelmingly support better regulation of the exotic pet trade within the EU, according to an opinion poll by Savanta ComRes for Eurogroup for Animals and AAP Animal Advocacy and Protection. Exotic animals should not be kept as pets, agree 87% of Europeans asked 26 May 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Press Release
#Act4 Wildlife Wuhan has made a bold and promising move: it has banned people from eating wild animals for five years. In Wuhan people banned from eating wild animals for five years 25 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife LAV initiated a petition aimed at the Italian Minister of the Environment, Land and Sea Protection Sergio Costa to prohibit the reproduction and trade of all exotic animals. Petition: Stop the trade of exotic animals! 25 May 2020 LAV
#Act4 Wildlife Australia is leading an international push to introduce new regulations and standards for wildlife markets in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Australia pushing for new regulations on wildlife markets to prevent future pandemics 11 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Millions of live animals enter the U.S. each year without disease screening — leaving us vulnerable to another outbreak, a former wildlife inspector says. To prevent the next pandemic, it’s the legal wildlife trade we should worry about 7 May 2020
#Act4 Wildlife To end the suffering of millions of wild animals used as entertainment, food, medicine, and pets and to prevent future pandemics, World Animal Protection shifts its focus on fighting against the entire global wildlife trade. We need to end the entire wildlife trade 4 May 2020 WAP
#Act4 Wildlife Some scientists warn there’s a small but real possibility the virus could take refuge in a new animal host and reintroduce it to humans in the future. The hunt for the next potential coronavirus animal host 27 April 2020
#Act4 Wildlife Netflix’s controversial ‘Tiger King’ has sparked discussions around the globe, not least of all because of its revelation that more tigers could be living in captivity in the United States than there are in the wild. Report unveils out-of-control captive tiger trade 23 April 2020 Four Paws
#Act4 Wildlife Covid-19 is a human disaster. However, for one group of animals, there may be a silver lining. Covid-19 – a blessing for pangolins? 23 April 2020