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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Autor principal:	Philip Lymbery
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Publicado:	Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dret 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:30987eba2daf4bf38a1e471dcc2f369b2021-11-27T08:41:32ZCovid-19: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Pandemics10.5565/rev/da.5142462-7518https://doaj.org/article/30987eba2daf4bf38a1e471dcc2f369b2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/da/article/view/514https://doaj.org/toc/2462-7518 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. Philip LymberyUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Facultat de Dretarticlepandemicglobal crisisfoodvirusfactory farminganimalsAnimal cultureSF1-1100Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. JurisprudenceK1-7720ENESDerecho Animal, Vol 11, Iss 4 (2020)
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description	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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Covid-19: How Industrial Animal Agriculture Fuels Pandemics

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