#Act4 AnimalsEU On Tuesday 16 June, Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan launched a Trade Policy Review. EU Trade Policy Review is an opportunity for the EU to better address animal welfare in trade 22 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#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 FarmAnimals A German meatpacking plant was ordered to shut after hundreds of workers became infected by the coronavirus, adding to a string of outbreaks at slaughterhouses across Europe. German meat plant ordered shut after Coronavirus outbreak 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 FarmAnimals Commercial aquaculture is at risk "of fostering future zoonotic pandemics", according to a new report by FAIRR. Radical rethink required for global aquaculture? 12 June 2020
#Act4 LabAnimals Researchers from the University of Konstanz and Johns Hopkins University draw attention to the fact that new (animal-free) approach methods (NAM) could help accelerate the discovery and development of COVID-19 drugs and vaccines and advise European Parliament on NAM-based drug development and safety assessment. How new animal-free approach methods can speed up COVID-19 drug discovery 11 June 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU Want to help Stop Pandemics and make Europe a safer and better place for animals and humans? Our ‘Stop Pandemics – Start here’ campaign 9 June 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#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 FarmAnimals Nearly three-quarters of the world’s largest meat, fish and dairy companies have been graded as a ‘high’ pandemic risk and criticised for their inability to prevent the emergence of new zoonotic diseases in a new report released on Wednesday (3 June). COVID-19 could be ‘straw that breaks meat industry’s back’ says new report 8 June 2020
#Act4 AnimalsEU The pandemic has exposed tensions over food security that are now playing out in the UK-EU trade talks. Coronavirus: UK farmers face brutal test ahead of Brexit 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 LabAnimals The COVID-19-inducing virus, SARS-CoV2, is likely to remain a threat to human health unless efficient drugs or vaccines become available. New publication: Harnessing the power of animal-free test methods for the development of COVID-19 drugs and vaccines 2 June 2020