Boxing Day hunts go ahead despite stringent COVID restrictions in the UK
Labour party slammed the government saying the exemption proved ” it’s one rule for the Conservatives and their mates, another for everybody else.” Many Boxing Day hunts were organized across the UK even as millions were forced to spend the Christmas period alone – especially in Tier 4 areas. Pro-hunting group Countryside Alliance said that …
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Fashion labels turn to fox fur as mink supply dwindles post COVID-19 cull
“People will also be looking at other types of fur. Fox has been very popular for trimmings, in parkas for example. Wild fur is also becoming more popular, as is chinchilla.” After Denmark decided to kill 17 million farmed mink following virus outbreaks at hundreds of farms, premier fashion labels from Louis Vuitton to Fendi …
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Four lions in Spanish zoo test positive for coronavirus
The Barcelona zoo is now the second zoo where large felines have contracted coronavirus following the Bronx Zoo in New York, where four tigers and three lions tested positive for COVID-19 in April. Veterinary authorities of Barcelona zoo have revealed that four lions have tested positive for COVID-19. According to the zoo, three females named …
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World’s largest fur auction house to close down following covid-19 initiated mass mink cull
Kopenhagen Fur has announced plans to completely liquidate business in two to three years following a recent Danish government order for a mass mink cull. The world’s largest auction house for fur has announced it will close down in 2023. 90-year-old Kopenhagen Fur made the announcement after the Danish government ordered a widespread cull of …
Whales and other marine mammals susceptible to COVID-19 through wastewater, new study reveals
“If there was steady effluent leaking into a waterway, that live virus could build up along coastlines to a level high enough to potentially infect a marine mammal.” This week, a new study – published in the journal Science of the Total Environment- has revealed that the novel coronavirus could be spread to whales and …
17m mink to be culled in Denmark after coronavirus mutation spreads to people
“The mutated virus carries the risk that a future vaccine will not work as it should.” Denmark has decided to cull its entire population of up to 17m mink after a mutation of the coronavirus found in the animals spread to people. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, who made the announcement on Wednesday, cited a government …
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Leonardo DiCaprio urges 47M followers to support the ‘Preventing Future Pandemics’ bill
The actor has regularly spoken out on pressing environmental issues. Movie star and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has called on his followers to support the “Preventing Future Pandemics Act,” Urging his 46-million-plus Instagram followers, the Academy Award-winning actor wrote: “If you care about preventing the next pandemic, please ask your Senator to cosponsor Senate Bill S. …
California chicken plant shuts down after 8 employees die and over 400 test positive for COVID-19
‘If we’re going to keep food on our tables during this pandemic, we must do a better job of protecting the essential workers…’ On September 1, Foster Farms temporarily closed its main poultry processing plant in Livingston, Calif. after nearly 400 workers tested positive for coronavirus and eight lost their lives. The move followed after …
Dutch mink farms to permanently close by March 2021 following COVID-19 outbreaks
‘We commend the government on its decision to end this incredibly cruel and completely unnecessary industry and protect citizens’ The Dutch mink industry has been ordered to shut all its operations by March next year, the national news service, NOS reported. The government had already scheduled a ban on the mink breeding industry by 2024, …
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New study says coronavirus can live on frozen meat for 3 weeks
The new study’s finding has sparked fears about coronavirus spreading through contaminated food. The novel coronavirus can survive for up to three weeks on pork, poultry, and fish in the freezer, reveals a new study titled: Seeding of outbreaks of COVID-19 by contaminated fresh and frozen food. To test the hypothesis of whether the virus …
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DoorDash’s vegan burger orders shoot up 433% in 2020
A recent report by the food delivery service has shown how consumer habits are changing as a result of the pandemic. According to American food delivery service DoorDash’s new report titled The Deep Dish: Food Trends in 2020, the company has recorded a 433% rise in vegan burger orders in the first half of 2020. DoorDash …
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Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix expose link between factory farming and zoonotic diseases in new film
‘With this film, we hope to shine a light on the extent to which animal agriculture and environmental destruction contribute to (future pandemics).’ Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix are now part of a documentary that delves ‘the connection between animal agriculture, environmental destruction and the emergence of zoonotic diseases’. The vegan power couple are executively …