"Virome characterization of game animals in China reveals a spectrum of emerging pathogens"

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• 1,941 game animals from five mammalian orders were surveyed for viruses
• 102 mammalian-infecting viruses were discovered, 21 posing a potential risk to humans
• Civets carried a relatively higher number of potentially “high-risk” viruses
• Human-infecting viruses were also identified in game animals
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These data highlight the importance of game animals as potential drivers of disease emergence.
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CONTENT WARNING for these links:

❗contains pictures of animals in captivity👁️

➡️https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867422001945

This sector, which is the likely origin of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, is worth many many many billions of $. It has a huge black market, of course, so it's harder to measure.

(CW)

➡️https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00677-0

➡️https://theconversation.com/wildlife-trade-poses-health-threats-to-humans-but-chinese-wildlife-farms-are-profiting-173204

➡️https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/25/coronavirus-closures-reveal-vast-scale-of-chinas-secretive-wildlife-farm-industry

➡️https://news.mongabay.com/2013/02/pity-the-pangolin-little-known-mammal-most-common-victim-of-the-wildlife-trade/

#zoonoses #zoonosis #animal #farming #trapping #fur #caged #captivebreeding #furfarm #wildanimal #wildlife #domestication #influenza #pandemic #China

Fur Farm List: The Blueprint, 10th Anniversary Edition

Updated for 2020, the new Blueprint compiles all fur industry information gathered in the last 10 years:

• 100+ new fur farm addresses
• 90+ confirmed farm closures
• 100+ updated details: addresses, owner names, more
• More detailed analysis of weaknesses

http://www.coalitionagainstfurfarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Blueprint-2020-Fur-Farm-List.pdf

#FurFarm #FCKFUR #AnimalRights #AnimalLiberation #DirectAction #Pelzhandel #Pelzindustrie #Pelzfarmen #AntiPelz