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COVID-19: The Origin Story
With much of the world on lockdown tracking the death toll and flight cancellations, no one is questioning why we are in the midst of the worst global pandemic in…
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A Palate for Pestilence: Ominous Links Between COVID-19 and Industrial Animal Farming
The Chinese government announced it would permanently ban the wildlife trade suspected to be at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will factory farms be next?
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Coronavirus Should Make You Reconsider Eating Meat
The primary cause of zoonotic diseases like coronavirus is not the consumption of wildlife—it’s the consumption of animals, period.
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India Needs to Get Serious About Rabies Prevention
For a country with more free-roaming dogs than the entire population of Australia, India fares poorly in tackling rabies.
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Perspective
Yet Another Chicken Recall–We Really Shouldn’t Be Surprised
To the executives at Perdue Foods, chickens are vehicles of protein and, more importantly, material investments they expect to turn a profit. As a result, animal welfare standards fall by…
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Report: Can We Feed 10 Billion People a Healthy Diet?
To stay below the 2-degree mark, the world needs to halt the conversion of high carbon ecosystems to carbon. That starts with what we eat and it will require a…
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