{"id":3016,"date":"2020-09-13T10:20:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.org\/?page_id=3016"},"modified":"2021-04-02T11:21:07","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T16:21:07","slug":"prevent-future-crises-action","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/en\/prevent-future-crises-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent Future Crises-Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3016\" class=\"elementor elementor-3016\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f67f4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f67f4a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a706e\" data-id=\"64a706e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e583c6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e583c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take action to prevent future pandemics: Our Health over Profit<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ce5ed5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ce5ed5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><strong>\u201cIf you actually want to create global<br \/>pandemics then build factory farms.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f05ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0f05ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Dr Michael Greger, Bird Flu:<br \/>A Virus of Our Own Hatching)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-638371c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"638371c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This epidemic has already impacted many lives, and is affecting the poor and marginalized groups the most. We cannot afford a future pandemic.<\/p><p>In the past, AIDS, swine flu, Mad Cow, MERS, SARS, avian flu, and Ebola have already caused immense harm to the population worldwide. Today, even though Covid-19 is still devastating us, a new strain of avian flu is already spreading through Europe and Asia&#8230;<\/p><p>It is apparent that the government is lacking in consistency here. Are we committed to fighting pandemics or not?<\/p><p>Firstly, while the government spends large sums of money trying to find effective vaccines for the population, it is funding the very industries that may spark our next pandemic: animal agriculture.<\/p><p>Secondly, the meat and dairy industry does not have to adhere to any additional health guidelines, unlike us, citizens who receive a fine for sitting on a bench alongside 2 of our friends. Meanwhile, thousands of animals are crammed snout to snout in small areas and transported all over the country, freely.<\/p><p>In order to overcome pandemics and promote a clean and safe future for all beings, we urge our officials to press the government to create a National Pandemic Prevention Center which would, as a small first step, force all public institutions to provide plant-based diets.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51c09c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51c09c5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a2c4cf7\" data-id=\"a2c4cf7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87281d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87281d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Make yourself heard!<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52d5fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52d5fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Simply complete the information below to send an email with the text below to your MP.<\/strong><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6474ea elementor-button-align-stretch elementor-widget elementor-widget-form\" data-id=\"d6474ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;step_next_label&quot;:&quot;Suivant&quot;,&quot;step_previous_label&quot;:&quot;Pr\\u00e9c\\u00e9dent&quot;,&quot;button_width&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;step_type&quot;:&quot;number_text&quot;,&quot;step_icon_shape&quot;:&quot;circle&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<form class=\"elementor-form\" method=\"post\" name=\"Form Prevent Crisis\">\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"post_id\" value=\"3016\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_id\" value=\"d6474ea\"\/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer_title\" value=\"Vegan Option Canada\" \/>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-form-fields-wrapper elementor-labels-\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-html elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-field_9bcf123 elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t <textarea id=\"form-field-contenu\" rows=\"10\" disabled>\nHello [deputy],\n\nAs a resident of [district] and a constituent of yours, I am writing to ask for your support in helping to prevent future pandemic outbreaks by calling on the Canadian government to take concrete steps including the creation of a task force and the support for a food system that moves away from intensive animal farming.\n\nIt has been just over a year since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak and it is still underway. We are struggling to maintain our health, keep our jobs and feed our families. \n\nIf Covid-19, with it\u2019s median fatality at 0.27% is able to severely impact our economy and our lives, what will happen if a potentially even more deadly and infectious strain emerges?\n\nYet if we don\u2019t act now to reduce the likelihood and impact of further pandemics, we can be sure that similar, even deadlier scenarios will occur in the future.\n\nA new workshop report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) claims that there may still be anywhere between 540,000 and 850,000 unknown viruses out there. The viruses could infect humans, causing deadlier, more costly and more frequent pandemics if we don't seek out the appropriate solutions to eliminate their emergence and spread. These include addressing deforestation (promoted by the extensive land use required to feed cattle) intensive animal agriculture and the wildlife trade. (https:\/\/ipbes.net\/pandemics,  https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/yields-and-land-use-in-agriculture )\n\nBut instead of working to combat the causes of pandemics, the Canadian government is throwing billions of dollars at one of our biggest public health threats and potential sources of pandemics: factory farms. \n\nAbout 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of new and emerging infections have a zoonotic origin. By keeping animals under poor conditions, confinement and stress, not only does the factory farm industry cause huge suffering to animals, it creates the conditions for the emergence of new diseases.\n\nIn the past, the consumption of infected cow's meat exposed us to mad cow disease. Other highly pathogenic diseases developed in industrial farm complexes, such as swine flu and avian flu. Other cases that come from wild animals such as MERS, SARS, Ebola (from fruit bats) and AIDS (from chimpanzees) stem from the destruction of the habitats of wild animals by human activities, one of the very important ones being intensive animal agriculture (because of the magnitude of the deforestation and biodiversity loss).\n\nThe risk represented by factory farms isn\u2019t a distant threat: it is incubating right here, right now. For example, less than 2 month ago, new strains of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus were surfacing in animals living in factory farms in more than 12 countries across the globe (Europe and Asia). The virus is more contagious and more lethal than the Covid-19 virus. (https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-birdflu-asia-idUSKBN29J00D)\n\nIn addition, the use of antibiotics in mass factory farming is creating antibiotic resistant bacteria, which it is estimated will cause more than 10 million deaths a year by 2050, surpassing cancer as the leading cause of mortality worldwide, according to a high profile report. WHO estimates that 80% of antibiotics are administered to farmed animals in Canada and worldwide, and that poses a \u201cserious and deadly security threat if an unexpected disease outbreak occurs.\u201d\n\nThe risks due to animal farming are largely due to them being crammed together by the thousands, often in their own waste, sick, injured or exhausted, from birth to death. But there is also a risk when they are transported across the country and abroad, bringing with them not only their bodies but potentially highly pathogenic viruses.\n\nThe Canadian government and our elected representatives should not allow the cost of the industry's dangerous public health and environmental practices to be transferred to us, the public. \n\nAn article published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) stated, \u201cThe phenomenal rise of these giants [Cargill, Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, BRF, Vion] has been achieved with the explicit support of public funds from governments, through policies that allow these corporations to pollute land and water, and by governments absorbing the public health costs and risks generated by this industry.\u201d \n\nAs a society, we must be capable of questioning our current practices with a view to a better outcome. This means providing people with nutritious, environmentally friendly food, while making sure that public health and safety are protected. \n\nWe don\u2019t need beef but protein, we don\u2019t need cheese but calcium, and all these nutrients are abundantly available in plant-based, animal-free products available today, as proposed by the New Canadian Food Guide.\n\nThe American Public Health Association journal stated in an editorial, \u201cIt is curious that changing the way humans treat animals\u2014most basically, ceasing to eat them or, at the very least, radically limiting the quantity of them that are eaten\u2014is largely off the radar as a significant preventive measure.\" And as reported on the BBC (Oct 2020), \u201cEconomic damage alone from the COVID-19 pandemic is 100x higher than the cost of prevention.\"\n\nAs Canadian citizens, we are concerned that the Canadian government does not address the causes and risk factors of potential pandemics adequately. It is clear now that factory farming is at the heart of pandemics, and the government shouldn't leave that unchecked.\n\nConsidering all of the above, I ask for your support in calling upon the Canadian government to take steps to prevent future pandemics and address the threat that animal agriculture poses to public health:\n\n1. Implement a task force for pandemic prevention. \n\nIt is imperative that the government take leadership in ensuring a safer, more just and more sustainable food system, both locally and internationally. We ask that the government collaborate on a multisectoral and multidimensional scale in order to adequately assess the problem of pandemics in relation to intensive animal farming. Public communications must not hide the link between intensive animal agriculture and pandemics, and also their relationship to increasing poverty, environmental damage and climate change.\n\n2. Mandate the availability of at least one complete and nutritious plant-based meal option in all publicly funded institutions. \n\nThis would be an important step forward in supporting a shift away from our country\u2019s dependence on animal agriculture and, in particular, the devastating impact of factory farms. 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name=\"form_fields[sujetmessage]\" id=\"form-field-sujetmessage\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" value=\"Prevent Future Pandemics: Public Health over Profit\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-hidden elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-AdresseCC elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_fields[AdresseCC]\" id=\"form-field-AdresseCC\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\" value=\"ps.ministerofpublicsafety-ministredelasecuritepublique.sp@canada.ca,hcinfo.infosc@canada.ca,ec.enviroinfo.ec@canada.ca,infc.minister-ministre.infc@canada.ca, action@veganoptioncanada.org\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-hidden elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-AdresseBCC elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<input size=\"1\" type=\"hidden\" name=\"form_fields[AdresseBCC]\" id=\"form-field-AdresseBCC\" class=\"elementor-field elementor-size-sm  elementor-field-textual\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-type-textarea elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-group-textmessage elementor-col-100\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<label for=\"form-field-textmessage\" class=\"elementor-field-label elementor-screen-only\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tText message\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<textarea class=\"elementor-field-textual elementor-field  elementor-size-sm\" name=\"form_fields[textmessage]\" id=\"form-field-textmessage\" rows=\"4\">Hello [deputy],\r\n\r\nAs a resident of [district] and a constituent of yours, I am writing to ask for your support in helping to prevent future pandemic outbreaks by calling on the Canadian government to take concrete steps including the creation of a task force and the support for a food system that moves away from intensive animal farming.\r\n\r\nIt has been just over a year since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak and it is still underway. We are struggling to maintain our health, keep our jobs and feed our families. \r\n\r\nIf Covid-19, with it\u2019s median fatality at 0.27% is able to severely impact our economy and our lives, what will happen if a potentially even more deadly and infectious strain emerges?\r\n\r\nYet if we don\u2019t act now to reduce the likelihood and impact of further pandemics, we can be sure that similar, even deadlier scenarios will occur in the future.\r\n\r\nA new workshop report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) claims that there may still be anywhere between 540,000 and 850,000 unknown viruses out there. The viruses could infect humans, causing deadlier, more costly and more frequent pandemics if we don't seek out the appropriate solutions to eliminate their emergence and spread. These include addressing deforestation (promoted by the extensive land use required to feed cattle) intensive animal agriculture and the wildlife trade. (https:\/\/ipbes.net\/pandemics,  https:\/\/ourworldindata.org\/yields-and-land-use-in-agriculture )\r\n\r\nBut instead of working to combat the causes of pandemics, the Canadian government is throwing billions of dollars at one of our biggest public health threats and potential sources of pandemics: factory farms. \r\n\r\nAbout 60% of known infectious diseases and up to 75% of new and emerging infections have a zoonotic origin. By keeping animals under poor conditions, confinement and stress, not only does the factory farm industry cause huge suffering to animals, it creates the conditions for the emergence of new diseases.\r\n\r\nIn the past, the consumption of infected cow's meat exposed us to mad cow disease. Other highly pathogenic diseases developed in industrial farm complexes, such as swine flu and avian flu. Other cases that come from wild animals such as MERS, SARS, Ebola (from fruit bats) and AIDS (from chimpanzees) stem from the destruction of the habitats of wild animals by human activities, one of the very important ones being intensive animal agriculture (because of the magnitude of the deforestation and biodiversity loss).\r\n\r\nThe risk represented by factory farms isn\u2019t a distant threat: it is incubating right here, right now. For example, less than 2 month ago, new strains of the highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu virus were surfacing in animals living in factory farms in more than 12 countries across the globe (Europe and Asia). The virus is more contagious and more lethal than the Covid-19 virus. (https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-birdflu-asia-idUSKBN29J00D)\r\n\r\nIn addition, the use of antibiotics in mass factory farming is creating antibiotic resistant bacteria, which it is estimated will cause more than 10 million deaths a year by 2050, surpassing cancer as the leading cause of mortality worldwide, according to a high profile report. WHO estimates that 80% of antibiotics are administered to farmed animals in Canada and worldwide, and that poses a \u201cserious and deadly security threat if an unexpected disease outbreak occurs.\u201d\r\n\r\nThe risks due to animal farming are largely due to them being crammed together by the thousands, often in their own waste, sick, injured or exhausted, from birth to death. But there is also a risk when they are transported across the country and abroad, bringing with them not only their bodies but potentially highly pathogenic viruses.\r\n\r\nThe Canadian government and our elected representatives should not allow the cost of the industry's dangerous public health and environmental practices to be transferred to us, the public. \r\n\r\nAn article published by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) stated, \u201cThe phenomenal rise of these giants [Cargill, Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, BRF, Vion] has been achieved with the explicit support of public funds from governments, through policies that allow these corporations to pollute land and water, and by governments absorbing the public health costs and risks generated by this industry.\u201d \r\n\r\nAs a society, we must be capable of questioning our current practices with a view to a better outcome. This means providing people with nutritious, environmentally friendly food, while making sure that public health and safety are protected. \r\n\r\nWe don\u2019t need beef but protein, we don\u2019t need cheese but calcium, and all these nutrients are abundantly available in plant-based, animal-free products available today, as proposed by the New Canadian Food Guide.\r\n\r\nThe American Public Health Association journal stated in an editorial, \u201cIt is curious that changing the way humans treat animals\u2014most basically, ceasing to eat them or, at the very least, radically limiting the quantity of them that are eaten\u2014is largely off the radar as a significant preventive measure.\" And as reported on the BBC (Oct 2020), \u201cEconomic damage alone from the COVID-19 pandemic is 100x higher than the cost of prevention.\"\r\n\r\nAs Canadian citizens, we are concerned that the Canadian government does not address the causes and risk factors of potential pandemics adequately. It is clear now that factory farming is at the heart of pandemics, and the government shouldn't leave that unchecked.\r\nConsidering all of the above, I ask for your support in calling upon the Canadian government to take steps to prevent future pandemics and address the threat that animal agriculture poses to public health:\r\n\r\n1. Implement a task force for pandemic prevention. \r\n\r\nIt is imperative that the government take leadership in ensuring a safer, more just and more sustainable food system, both locally and internationally. We ask that the government collaborate on a multisectoral and multidimensional scale in order to adequately assess the problem of pandemics in relation to intensive animal farming. Public communications must not hide the link between intensive animal agriculture and pandemics, and also their relationship to increasing poverty, environmental damage and climate change.\r\n\r\n2. Mandate the availability of at least one complete and nutritious plant-based meal option in all publicly funded institutions. \r\n\r\nThis would be an important step forward in supporting a shift away from our country\u2019s dependence on animal agriculture and, in particular, the devastating impact of factory farms. This mandate would affect schools, universities, long-term care facilities, and daycare centers, among others. \r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\n<\/textarea>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-field-group elementor-column elementor-field-type-submit elementor-col-100 e-form__buttons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"elementor-button elementor-size-xl\" type=\"submit\" id=\"BoutonEnvoiLettre\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Click here to view the letter before sending it...<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/form>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4faf0d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4faf0d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This campaign is organized by Vegan Option Canada. We will protect your privacy and keep you informed about this and other campaigns.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da29af0\" data-id=\"da29af0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acd7744 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acd7744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"526\" src=\"http:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PreventCrisis_Ambulance_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3865\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PreventCrisis_Ambulance_web.jpg 720w, http:\/\/veganoptioncanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PreventCrisis_Ambulance_web-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-592b8a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"592b8a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Humane Society International outlined <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsi.org\/news-media\/animal-agriculture-could-spark-next-pandemic\/\">5 pandemic risks linked <\/a>with animal agriculture:<\/strong><\/p><p>1. <strong>virus \u2018spillover\u2019<\/strong>: when expansion of farms into previously wild areas brings wild and domestic species together.<\/p><p>2. <strong>viral amplification<\/strong>: where novel viral strains are created through confining vast numbers of stressed animals indoors.<\/p><p>3. <strong>farm concentration<\/strong>: where dense geographic concentration of farms increases the risk of pathogens spreading.<br \/>.<br \/>4. <strong>global live animal trade<\/strong>: where huge numbers of live animals are transported between countries and continents, allowing pathogens to spread even further.<\/p><p>5. <strong>live animal markets, agricultural fairs and auctions<\/strong>: where \u201chubs\u201d are created such that animals from many different places are brought into proximity with the public, where viruses can proliferate. \u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-112ca8e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"112ca8e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91c083b\" data-id=\"91c083b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-373618e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"373618e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More resources<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9553a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9553a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Intensive animal agriculture &amp;\u00a0 pandemics:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jeffmcmahon\/2020\/11\/01\/intergovernmental-panel-links-pandemic-risk-to-meat-consumption\/?sh=6537d819470b\">Intergovernmental panel links pandemics risk to meat consumption<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-019-02409-7\">Eat less meat: UN climate-change report calls for change to human diet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/proveg.com\/press-release\/intensive-animal-farming-is-the-single-most-risky-human-behaviour-for-pandemics-says-major-new-report\/\">Intensive animal farming is the \u201csingle most risky human behaviour\u201d for pandemics, says major new report<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsi.org\/news-media\/animal-agriculture-could-spark-next-pandemic\/\">Intensive animal agriculture could spark the next pandemic, says new report, recommending major global shift to more plant proteins<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/one-root-cause-of-pandemics-few-people-think-about\/\">One Root Cause of Pandemics Few People Think About: It\u2019s our seemingly insatiable desire to eat meat<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0006320720307655?via%3Dihub\">Emerging diseases, livestock expansion and biodiversity loss are positively related at global scale<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.trust.org\/item\/20201029165715-jt3st\">Scientists propose tax on meat and livestock to help avert future pandemics<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/news\/item\/07-11-2017-stop-using-antibiotics-in-healthy-animals-to-prevent-the-spread-of-antibiotic-resistance#:~:text=A%20systematic%20review%20published%20today,animals%20by%20up%20to%2039%25.\">Stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/323639#Global-use-of-antibiotics-in-animals\">Global use of antibiotics in animals\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelles\/special\/2018\/03\/antibiotiques-animaux-elevage-resistance-bacteries-sante-canada-porc-poulet\/\">Nos animaux d\u2019\u00e9levage consomment trop d\u2019antibiotiques<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-143eacb elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"143eacb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/veganoptioncanada.org\/en\/prevent-future-crises\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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