Coronavirus - Animal Agriculture and Climate Change

Why do meat companies still fare well despite COVID-19?

Despite widespread criticism for the meat industry’s treatment of workers during COVID-19 and its contribution to health-risk; some companies still prosper. Three-quarters of the world’s 60 largest meat, fish and dairy companies are at high risk of fostering...

This is an emergency for the climate not a fire drill

ClimateChange, Coronavirus, GoodNews

The United Nations’ Sustainable Business chief, Lise Kingo, says that the crisis should motivate us to create a world that is equitable and sustainable. The coronavirus pandemic is “just a fire drill” for what is likely to follow from the climate crisis, and...

Iowa Farm Sanctuary rescues chickens from COVID-19 doom

Coronavirus, GoodNews

Meet 39 lucky chickens who were saved from certain death! Since the COVID-19 outbreak hit the meat industry, thousands of animals have been culled. Shawn Camp, founder and executive director of Iowa Farm Sanctuary, is one of a number of groups currently saving animals...

Animal exploitation the cause of most modern diseases

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus

Animal exploitation is the number one cause of disease outbreaks since 1990, according to a newly released white paper by advocacy group SURGE. The authors behind a new doctor-backed white paper say they have tied ‘most if not all’ of the world’s major...

Ending China’s wild-life trade – a mammoth task

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, GoodNews

China has committed to ending its exploitative wild-animal trade, but to what extent can the government successfully do so? Bamboo rats lifted Mao Zuqin out of poverty. Now, because of the coronavirus pandemic, poverty threatens again. Mr Mao has, over the past five...

Factory farming is not compatible with public health

AnimalAgri, Coronavirus, HealthyLiving

Major pandemics and plagues have all been linked back to animal agriculture. COVID-19 is no different. It should encourage us to make better choices. Although the identity of COVID-19’s patient zero is still unknown, the virus is widely suspected to have...