Translator Posted on March 13, 2021 by Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)
WHO and UN leaders condemned by animal welfare charity for ignoring root cause of Covid pandemic a year on
The letter says high-risk practices, such as the commercial wildlife trade, the dog and cat meat trade, and fur, must be phased out if we are to prevent another crippling global pandemic
Upon the first anniversary of the World Health Organisation declaring Covid-19 a pandemic, a leading animal-welfare organisation has accused governments of “not addressing the actual issues around animal abuse” which lead to zoonotic pandemics.
In an open letter, addressed to the WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), animal charity Four Paws demanded that risky practices be “urgently phased out”, with a ban on fur farms, live animal markets, and the dog, cat meat, and wildlife trade.
Updated: 12 Mar 2021, 11:59
MONKEY meat aphrodisiacs, tiger penis soup, and chimp blood - these are just some of the bush meat items which could trigger a pandemic even worse than coronavirus.
Experts and campaigners have sounded the alarm as they told The Sun Online how the global trade in meat and body parts from wild animals which they fear could allow unknown viruses to jump to humans.
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A Tiger penis bought in Tibet. It said they can increase a man s sexual prowessCredit: Alamy
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Cooked monkeys are regularly sold at bush meat markets, with some believing they are an aphrodisiacCredit: AP:Associated Press
Gordon Elliott loophole proves racing does not care about animals
The BHA say path clear for banned trainer s horses to run at Cheltenham if transferred to new trainer by March 9
7 March 2021 • 6:45pm
The ban came after the unforgivable photograph of Gordon Elliott sitting on a dead horse came to light
Credit: REUTERS
Racing came under renewed attack from activists on Saturday as a change of hands at Gordon Elliott’s stable ensured the banned trainer’s horses would run at Cheltenham.
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) confirmed immediately after his effective six-month suspension that the path could be cleared for his horses to run if they were transferred to another trainer by March 9.