/CNW/ - As G20 leaders meet for a Global Health Summit, the global charity World Animal Protection is urging them to prioritize pandemic prevention and to curb.
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TORONTO, May 6, 2021 /CNW/ - Canadians are calling on their government to help stop the global commercial wildlife trade through a House of Commons e-petition started by the global charity World Animal Protection. With over 13,000 signatures the petition was presented in the House of Commons on May 5
th by Conservative Health Critic and Member of Parliament for Calgary Nose Hill, Michelle Rempel Garner.
It urges the government to support the closure of wildlife markets and commit to end the international and domestic trade in wild animals and wild animal parts to prevent the spread of zoonotic diseases. This includes where animals are used for luxury fashion and as exotic pets.
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Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021 • April 8, 2021 • 2 minute read Turtles Kingston is preparing for an early nesting season in Collins Creek in Kingston. Photo by Elliot Ferguson /The Whig-Standard
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KINGSTON Turtle conservationists are ramping up for another nesting season, which, if the warm weather remains, could come weeks earlier than expected this year.
Unlike previous years, Turtles Kingston founder Mabyn Armstrong is being a little more vague about the details of this year’s preparations.
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The international wildlife trade is directly responsible for the emergence and spread of pandemic disease, and according to a new report from World Animal Protection, many Canadians have participated in one way or another.
“We’re maybe not as big a player as the U.S. and other countries,” said Melissa Matlow, campaign director of World Animal Protection Canada, “but for our population size, (we play) an important role, and I think many people would be shocked to know the level and volume of the wildlife trade.”
The pandemic has heightened awareness of live animal markets in East and Southeast Asia where the COVID-19 virus is thought to have originated. But animals are exchanged globally by several industries closer to home, often without adequate oversight. According to the February report “Trading Animals and Diseases: Canada’s Role in the Global Commercial Wildlife Trade,” a staggering 320,081 animals were imported into Canada in 2019 alone, destined for zoos, use