Covid-19: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Pandemics
The battle against the Coronavirus pandemic is without doubt the biggest global crisis in a lifetime. Could it be that the way we now produce so much of our food worldwide is already brewing up the next one? Whilst society has gone into battle with the virus, our invisible enemy, the truth is we’ve...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:30987eba2daf4bf38a1e471dcc2f369b 2023-10-01T03:54:50+02:00 Covid-19: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Pandemics Philip Lymbery 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/da.514 https://doaj.org/article/30987eba2daf4bf38a1e471dcc2f369b EN ES eng spa Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona https://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/514 https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 doi:10.5565/rev/da.514 2462-7518 https://doaj.org/article/30987eba2daf4bf38a1e471dcc2f369b Derecho Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2020) pandemic global crisis food virus factory farming animals Animal culture SF1-1100 Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence K1-7720 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/da.514 2023-09-03T00:45:49Z The battle against the Coronavirus pandemic is without doubt the biggest global crisis in a lifetime. Could it be that the way we now produce so much of our food worldwide is already brewing up the next one? Whilst society has gone into battle with the virus, our invisible enemy, the truth is we’ve been locked in an almighty battle for some time now. At its heart lies factory farming. Keeping animals caged, crammed and confined – the way most farmed animals are now reared – provides the ideal breeding ground for new and more deadly strains of virus. Swine flu and highly pathogenic Avian flu being but two examples. Whilst Covid-19 is believed to be born out of the ill-treatment of animals caught up in wet markets and the illegal wildlife trade, it shows strong parallels with these other viruses of factory farmed origin. Both Swine flu and Avian Influenza – originating in pigs and chickens – have been devastating. The 2009 Swine flu pandemic went on to kill possibly half a million people worldwide. The next pandemic could well come from an incarcerated pig or chicken. From animals ‘grown’ like mere commodities and fed on the fruits of deforestation. Without ending the intensive farming conditions that promote the emergence of novel strains of viral disease, the next pandemic could well be on our plate. Article in Journal/Newspaper Avian flu Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Derecho Animal. Forum of Animal Law Studies 11 4 141 |
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The battle against the Coronavirus pandemic is without doubt the biggest global crisis in a lifetime. Could it be that the way we now produce so much of our food worldwide is already brewing up the next one? Whilst society has gone into battle with the virus, our invisible enemy, the truth is we’ve been locked in an almighty battle for some time now. At its heart lies factory farming. Keeping animals caged, crammed and confined – the way most farmed animals are now reared – provides the ideal breeding ground for new and more deadly strains of virus. Swine flu and highly pathogenic Avian flu being but two examples. Whilst Covid-19 is believed to be born out of the ill-treatment of animals caught up in wet markets and the illegal wildlife trade, it shows strong parallels with these other viruses of factory farmed origin. Both Swine flu and Avian Influenza – originating in pigs and chickens – have been devastating. The 2009 Swine flu pandemic went on to kill possibly half a million people worldwide. The next pandemic could well come from an incarcerated pig or chicken. From animals ‘grown’ like mere commodities and fed on the fruits of deforestation. Without ending the intensive farming conditions that promote the emergence of novel strains of viral disease, the next pandemic could well be on our plate. |
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