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Investigation Reveals High Risk of Zoonotic Disease Transmission in Chinese Fur Farms #AnimalRights #fur #zoonotic #disease #China https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animals/investigation-reveals-high-risk-of-zoonotic-disease-transmission-in-chinese-fur-farms/

Investigation Reveals High Risk of Zoonotic Disease Transmission in Chinese Fur Farms - One Green Planet

A recent investigation conducted by HSI has shed light on the concerning conditions prevalent in five fur farms across China.
Trinity Sparke (One Green Planet)
#China #Disease #animalrights #zoonotic #fur

Such markets not only play a role in the spread of #disease: by selling poached, endangered animals such as #pangolins, they are pushing species toward #extinction.

Illegal #hunting and the #WildlifeTrade, like #ClimateChange and #HabitatDestruction, are among the causes of the dramatic global #extinction of species. In late 2019, a #UN report issued a stark #warning about the scope of the catastrophe,

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#ProtectOurWildlife 🦍🦦🦇

https://www.ipbes.net/news/ipbes-global-assessment-preview


IPBES Global Assessment Preview

Introducing IPBES' 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services First global biodiversity assessment since 2005
IPBES secretariat
#climatechange #Disease #extinction #hunting #pangolins #habitatdestruction #protectourwildlife #warning #un #WildlifeTrade

I had a blast presenting our sea #urchin #disease #research today at the #USFCMS #faculty symposium! I even wore a costume, brought a live urchin for show & tell, and made themed snacks! #science
Woman (me) standing in front of a PowerPoint slide on a projector showing healthy versus abnormal urchins. I’m wearing an amazing Diadema setosum beanie (yes, that’s an anal pore on the top of my head). The shadow points out the urchin spines on the beanie
Woman (me) standing by a podium presenting - another view of the urchin beanie
“Urchin” snacks constructed from Dunkin’ chocolate munchkins. On the left plate are “healthy urchins” with licorice spines and candy eyes. On the right plate are dying urchins (munchkins with crossed out eyes, that have lost all their spines)
Seminar snacks - from left to right: 1) healthy urchin munchkins with licorice spines and candy eyes, 2) abnormal urchin munchkins who have lost all their spines and have crossed out eyes, 3) urchin skeletons (glazed munchkins, sitting on a plate of decaying spines, 4) live long-spined sea urchin in a Tupperware, with a sign saying “do not eat”. Box behind the munchkins has the Dunkin’ logo which has been modified to say Urchin’
#science #Research #Disease #usfcms #urchin #faculty

The discovery of beaked #whale #circovirus (#BWCV) in #whales and #dolphins expands the knowledge of #marine mammal species that can become #infected with the #disease.
#MarineBiology #Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/mb01262301.html

New virus discovered in whales, dolphins across the Pacific

A novel virus, potentially fatal to whales and dolphins
www.sflorg.com
#whale #Disease #marine #virology #circovirus #BWCV #whales #dolphins #infected #MarineBiology #sflorg

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