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EatingAnimalsCausesPandemics

A global call to connect the dots between the animals on our plates and mass outbreaks of zoonotic diseases like COVID-19. It's time to transition from our broken animal-based food system to a safe and sustainable plant-based future.

IN THE NEWS

MEAT-EATING CREATES RISK OF FUTURE PANDEMIC THAT 'WOULD MAKE COVID SEEM A DRESS REHEARSAL' SCIENTISTS WARN

Is the next pandemic on our plate?  Experts from both the UN and the European Food Safety Authority identify industrial animal farming as cause of most new infectious diseases in humans in the past decade.

ONE ROOT CAUSE OF PANDEMICS FEW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT

The COVID-19 catastrophe may be just a dress rehearsal for an even more serious pandemic that could take a more gruesome toll.  And it's very likely such a virus will have its origin in humanity’s seemingly insatiable desire to eat animals.

"WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE THOUSANDS OF MINKS LIVING IN ROWS OF CAGES ON FARMS IN B.C.?"

Risks of COVID-19 posed by mink fur farms and decline of the industry because of economic realities and public opinion, mean closing this industry for good.

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We Need to Rethink Our Food System to Prevent the Next Pandemic

COVID-19 has been devastating.  So how can we prevent this from happening again?  Taking a long, hard look at our relationship with the natural world, and particularly with eating animals. Read article here.