10 Actions to Take to Prevent Future Pandemics

We don’t want another 2020 – and we imagine you don’t, either. Take these 10 actions to leave this nightmare in the past.

The COVID-19 pandemic originated in a “wet market” in China, where humans had direct contact with live animals and dead animal flesh. The exploitation and slaughter of other living, feeling beings has led tens of millions of us to be infected with this highly contagious disease and claimed the lives of almost 2 million people – and it’s not the first time we’ve experienced deadly outbreaks of a coronavirus.

Filthy factory farms, abattoirs, meat markets, and mink, badger, and crocodile farms provide breeding grounds for deadly pathogens like the ones that cause COVID-19, SARS, MERS, swine flu, bird flu, and more.

We can’t undo what has already been done, but we can prevent future disease outbreaks by taking action against industries that exploit animals and pose a risk to public health.

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Tell the Danish Government to Ban Fur Farming

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• Mette Frederiksen

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Dear Prime Minister: I was shocked to learn that fur farming has not yet been banned in Denmark despite the cruelty inherent in this industry as well as the significant public health risk it poses. I’m urging you to shut fur farms down immediately and forever. Thousands of mink remain in horrific conditions on farms in Denmark. Their urine, excrement, pus, and blood can easily contaminate adjacent cages. Many animals go insane and resort to self-mutilation or cannibalisation of their cagemates as a result of the extreme stress of confinement. Infections, sores, and festering, open wounds invariably go untreated. When it comes to the risk of spreading disease, these facilities are no different to the live-animal market in which COVID-19 is believed to have originated. You’ll remember that mink on fur farms in Denmark contracted COVID-19 from workers during the pandemic, and the virus mutated and spread among the animals and to humans. This resulted in a mass killing of mink across the country. Bird flu has also spread on mink farms in Europe, which presents a serious pandemic risk. You must act to prevent future pandemics from arising by permanently shutting down the fur industry. Such bans are being introduced or are already in place in Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic, Israel, the UK, and several other countries. For the sake of animal welfare and human safety, please shut fur farms permanently and bring forth legislation to outlaw fur farming immediately.

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