Eurogroup for Animals’ Italian member organisation LAV is asking everyone to sign their manifesto to act immediately on the causes of the pandemic and avoid future ones. Six steps to prevent future health crises: LAV’s manifesto 18 May 2020 LAV
#Act4 AnimalsEU Eurogroup for Animals urges the European Commission to integrate our recommendations in its Farm-to-Fork and Biodiversity to 2030 strategies. "Stop pandemics? Start here": a Joint open letter to the European Commission 13 May 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Open letter
#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 AnimalsEU The COVID-19 crisis is the latest reminder that humans need to undergo an entire change of attitude, and become less anthropocentric and more ecocentric. “We can no longer consider the health of humans separately from the health of the planet” 23 April 2020 Eurogroup for Animals Long read
#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
#Act4 Wildlife The spread of COVID-19 is a threat to the survival of thousands of animals in European rescue centres and sanctuaries. Eurogroup for Animals calls on the generosity of citizens to help them to get through the crisis Rescue centres need your help more than ever 22 April 2020 Eurogroup for Animals
#Act4 AnimalsEU In light of the health crisis caused by COVID-19 GAIA calls for the closure of wet markets around the world. "We've had enough!" campaign for closure of wet markets 20 April 2020 GAIA
#Act4 Wildlife The European Union will step up efforts to control wildlife trading and make factory farming more sustainable, given that both issues have played a role in the coronavirus pandemic, the bloc’s environment chief said on Thursday. EU to step up rules on factory farming, wildlife trading amid pandemic 20 April 2020