One Health, One Welfare, One Planet
As I sit down to write this end of year message, I reflect on the most challenging and tragic of years. Yet I also reflect on the essence of what makes us human and connects us all around the world
To protect humans from coronavirus, then we need to act quick on animal rights too
Whilst the emergence of Covid-19 has been linked to eating wildlife, it shows strong parallels with other viruses which have emerged from a different route – industrial farming
‘Ban on bushmeat’ after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming?
Governments and WHO face pressure to ban commercial trade in wild animals, but experts say this would criminalise a way of life for millions of people
Coronavirus: Seizing the moment to save the future
Protecting the health service by staying at home has been a key message throughout this crisis. And a key point of grateful celebration has been for those in the health service and other key workers.
Industrial pig and chicken farming continuing to rise – The Guardian
“We’re at a crossroads and have an opportunity to reinvent British food and farming. We can move towards a thriving countryside where farm animals are restored to the land.”
Why Protecting People Means Protecting Animals Too
I last wrote about the coronavirus at the end of January. At that time, news of the devastating Covid-19 outbreak had led to swift action by the authorities in China, banning the trade in wildlife.