WildAid welcomes China’s measures at government’s level to protect wildlife
The Chinese government is offering to buy out animals on wildlife farms, and to help farmers change their agricultural practices, in an effort to reduce the consumption of wild animals. This step could have big implications for the management of wildlife in China in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.
Campaign To End Wildlife Trade Aims To Prevent Future Pandemics
The connection between so-called “wet markets” and the Covid-19 pandemic is the focus of a major new effort dubbed END THE TRADE. We talk to Peter Knights, CEO of WildAid who warns of the health risks associated with eating wild animals. His organization is part of the campaign to stop commercial wildlife trade.
China offers buyouts to wildlife farmers in response to pandemic
The Chinese government is offering to buy out animals on wildlife farms, and to help farmers change their agricultural practices, in an effort to reduce the consumption of wild animals. This step could have big implications for the management of wildlife in China in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.
Stop destroying the environment or face deadlier pandemics, scientists warn
Environmentalists and scientists issued dire warnings this week: Stop environmental destruction and the illegal wildlife trade now —
Global wildlife coalition launched to prevent the next pandemic
Leading wildlife organizations have come together to work towards banning global wildlife trade
Coronavirus: Carrie Symonds joins new global fight to end wildlife trade and animal trafficking
‘Mobilising a global response to end the trade is the most pressing action we can take today to ensure a pandemic like Covid-19 never happens again’
Anti-wildlife trafficking groups target viral origin
Conservationists are demanding an end to the wildlife trade to stamp out the root cause of zoonotic outbreaks such as the coronavirus pandemic
The End Of Wildlife Trafficking?
COVID-19 presents a double-edged sword for wildlife. While it could trigger a permanent ban on trade, it will almost certainly lead to a spike in poaching.
