Coronavirus: China declares dogs are companions and should not be eaten, signalling possible end to brutal meat trade
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus: China declares dogs are companions and should not be eaten, signalling possible end to brutal meat trade

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China has stated that dogs should be treated as pets, not livestock, for the first time – a move campaigners hope could signal an end to the country’s brutal cat and dog meat trade. An estimated 10 million dogs a year are killed for China’s dog meat trade, which is thought to be consumed infrequently by less than 20 per cent of the population, according to Humane Society International. “Coming so soon after Shenzhen’s dog and cat meat ban, it is incredibly encouraging now to see a draft on the table in mainland China that could effectively ban the eating of dogs and cats. “Not only does it cause enormous animal suffering, but it is also almost entirely fuelled by crime and, perhaps most significantly right now, poses an undeniable human health threat with the risk of diseases such as rabies and cholera.” The announcement “signals a major shift” in government policy, said Ms Higgins, adding: “We have to await the outcome of the consultation phase but this draft could effectively pave the way for China to officially take dogs and cats off the menu.” But the draft ban already faces opposition from dog-related business owners, particularly in Guangxi, where thousands of people are reliant upon the trade.

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COVID-like virus scare in China: All your FAQs answered on Mysterious human metapneumovirus (HMPV)
1 week, 6 days ago

COVID-like virus scare in China: All your FAQs answered on Mysterious human metapneumovirus (HMPV)

Live Mint  

COVID-like virus scare in China: The sudden rise in infections in China has sparked concerns about another virus outbreak after the Coronavirus. COVID-like virus scare in China Also known as HMPV, the human metapneumovirus attacks a person's respiratory system. COVID-like virus scare in China: What is HMPV? The HMPV virus has been detected in the United States, Canada, Europe and …

Pet Economy Booms in China as Cat and Dog Cafes Spread
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2 months, 1 week ago

Pet Economy Booms in China as Cat and Dog Cafes Spread

China Daily  

China's pet economy is booming, with the country seeing a surge in pet ownership and a thriving pet industry. The pet economy has been driven by responsible ownership and the increasing popularity of pet-friendly services and products. Favor Pets, a leading pet services chain, has expanded rapidly in recent years, with over 2,000 stores across major cities in China.

Pet economy purrs ahead as cat, pooch cafes spread
2 months, 1 week ago

Pet economy purrs ahead as cat, pooch cafes spread

China Daily  

Visitors take photos of cats at a pet expo in Wuhan, Hubei province, on July 12. Booming economy China's pet economy has been thriving with the rise of responsible ownership and pet-friendly services. Seeing the potential of the emerging pet industry, Yan Jinsheng, a 47-year-old pet lover who hails from Tianjin and had previously worked in the automotive sector, shifted …

Pet economy purrs ahead as cat, pooch cafes spread
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2 months, 1 week ago

Pet economy purrs ahead as cat, pooch cafes spread

China Daily  

Customers spend leisure time at dog and cat cafes in Shanghai. Pet cafes provide close interaction with animals, helping address the growing need for spiritual comfort," said Wu Yi, an associate professor at the College of Animal Science and Technology at China Agricultural University. There are currently over 28,000 companies in China whose names or scope of business include the …

China's pet economy thrives with rise of responsible ownership, pet-friendly services
3 months ago

China's pet economy thrives with rise of responsible ownership, pet-friendly services

China Daily  

BEIJING - Yan Jinsheng still treasures the old dog license and pet nameplate for a dog he had raised nearly 40 years ago. Although uncivilized behaviors such as dog attacks and pet abuse and abandonment occasionally still occur in China, there has been a marked rise in responsible pet ownership along with the rapid pet market expansion. According to Qichacha, …

Preventive medicine cornerstone in China's expanding industry for furry friends
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Preventive medicine cornerstone in China's expanding industry for furry friends

China Daily  

A veterinarian conducts an ultrasound scan on a cat at a pet hospital in Chongqing in December. As China's pet care market experiences rapid growth, the focus on preventive veterinary medicine and empowering talent is becoming critical in the sector's development, said industry experts. "People in the industry should collaborate to fully leverage the role of preventive medicine while also …

Viral video of open dog meat shop in China stuns Internet; netizens react
5 months ago

Viral video of open dog meat shop in China stuns Internet; netizens react

Live Mint  

A video is gaining traction on social media showing an Indian woman visiting a part of China where dog meat is sold openly. On social media platforms, the footage was shared on Instagram by the account @wanderingwithpaint, managed by influencer Garima Bakshi, where dog meat is openly sold on the streets and is a local favourite. “Dog Meat is a …

USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration - and YOU are paying for it
8 months, 4 weeks ago

USDA and China CCP lab are creating deadly BIRD FLU viruses as part of $1m collaboration - and YOU are paying for it

Daily Mail  

Lawmakers are demanding answers after it was revealed the US is sending taxpayer dollars to a Chinese army lab to make bird flu viruses more dangerous to people. The White Coat Waste Project obtained the above photo and claims it shows animal experimenters inside the USDA lab that is working with Chinese scientists on bird flu research Tests revealed that …

1,000 cats rescued from slaughter for illegal meat trade in China
1 year, 2 months ago

1,000 cats rescued from slaughter for illegal meat trade in China

The Independent  

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Indonesian animal market has ended its brutal dog and cat meat trade, campaigners say
1 year, 5 months ago

Indonesian animal market has ended its brutal dog and cat meat trade, campaigners say

LA Times  

Authorities on Friday announced the end of the “brutally cruel” dog and cat meat slaughter at a notorious animal market on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi following a years-long campaign by local activists and world celebrities. “We hope that Tomohon will be totally free from dog and cat meat trades,” Roring said in his remarks. “These animals, many of them …

New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals
1 year, 9 months ago

New study suggests possibility humans introduced COVID-19 to animals

China Daily  

Humans infected by the COVID-19 virus may have introduced the novel coronavirus to susceptible animals at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where the first COVID-19 cases were reported, Chinese researchers said on Saturday. Tong Yigang, dean of the College of Life Science and Technology at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, said in a press briefing that no …

Release all Covid-related data after new research: WHO tells China
1 year, 9 months ago

Release all Covid-related data after new research: WHO tells China

Live Mint  

The World Health Organization has asked China to share all the information related to the origin of Covid-19 pandemic this time. New sequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus as well as additional genomic data based on samples taken from a live animal market in Wuhan, China in 2020 were briefly uploaded to the GISAID database by Chinese scientists earlier this year, …

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. Tedros criticized China for not sharing the genetic information earlier, telling a press briefing that …

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Genetic material collected at a …

New COVID-19 origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID-19 origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

The Hindu  

Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon dog DNA comingled with the virus, adding evidence to the theory that the virus originated from animals, not from a lab, international experts say. Mr. Tedros criticised China for not sharing the genetic information earlier, telling a press briefing that "this …

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market
1 year, 9 months ago

New COVID origins data point to raccoon dogs in China market

LA Times  

Raccoon dogs are seen at a cage in Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a Wuhan, China, market said they found suggestions the pandemic originated in raccoon dogs, not in a lab. Genetic material collected at a Chinese market near where the first human cases of COVID-19 were identified show raccoon …

Cat burglars who stole 150 felines for meat arrested in China
2 years, 4 months ago

Cat burglars who stole 150 felines for meat arrested in China

The Independent  

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China: Animal market in Wuhan was epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, says new study
2 years, 5 months ago

China: Animal market in Wuhan was epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic, says new study

Firstpost  

The investigation required neighborhood-level study within Wuhan to be more certain the virus was ‘zoonotic’ – that it jumped from animals to people Washington: An animal market in China’s Wuhan really was the epicenter of the Covid pandemic, according to a pair of new studies in the journal Science published Tuesday that claimed to have tipped the balance in the …

Crackdown on China’s dog meat trade saves 126 from slaughterhouse
2 years, 6 months ago

Crackdown on China’s dog meat trade saves 126 from slaughterhouse

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 120 dogs destined …

China's COVID-19 crisis and dilemma facing its leaders, by experts who have monitored it since the Wuhan outbreak
2 years, 8 months ago

China's COVID-19 crisis and dilemma facing its leaders, by experts who have monitored it since the Wuhan outbreak

Firstpost  

One of China’s largest cities, Shanghai, has been paralysed for the past month, with many of its residents hemmed in by hastily erected metal fences. But resolving China’s COVID dilemma and finding a route out of the pandemic is complicated by the difficulties of challenging a “zero-COVID” strategy so closely associated with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. Combining on-the-ground reports …

Hong Kong to cull 2,000 animals after hamsters contract COVID
2 years, 11 months ago

Hong Kong to cull 2,000 animals after hamsters contract COVID

Al Jazeera  

Hong Kong authorities say they are not ruling out transmission between animals and humans. Hong Kong authorities have said that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was also infected. They said all pet stores in Hong Kong must stop selling hamsters and that …

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins
3 years, 1 month ago

Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on covid’s animal origins

Live Mint  

Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. “The lab-leak scenario gets a lot of attention, you know, on places like Twitter,” but “there’s no evidence that this virus was in a lab,” said University of Utah scientist Stephen Goldstein, who with 20 others wrote an article in the …

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets
3 years, 2 months ago

Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

India TV News  

Highlights The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been linked with a seafood market in Wuhan The first cases of SARS-CoV-2 likely emerged from animal to human transmission at Wuhan's wet market An international team of scientists has identified 18 mammalian viruses, which pose high risk to humans and domestic animals, from China's infamous wet markets. China has maintained …

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds
3 years, 2 months ago

China's wildlife is a pandemic waiting to happen,' study finds

Deccan Chronicle  

Wildlife species sold in wet markets in China were linked to the emergence of SARS and Covid-19. A study of more than a dozen species of game animals traded, sold and commonly consumed as exotic food in China identified 71 mammalian viruses, including 18 deemed “potentially high-risk” to people and domestic animals. “This study highlights exactly why the wildlife trade …

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19

Associated Press  

BEIJING — A city in northern China has killed three housecats after they tested positive for COVID-19, according to a local media report Wednesday, as the country takes increasingly strict measures to contain new outbreaks. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of animals spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to people is “considered …

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19
3 years, 3 months ago

China kills 3 housecats that tested positive for COVID-19

The Independent  

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Cats and dogs can contract coronavirus, Utrecht University study shows
3 years, 6 months ago

Cats and dogs can contract coronavirus, Utrecht University study shows

NL Times  

The coronavirus infection can commonly be found in cats and dogs whose owners also were infected, researchers from Utrecht University concluded. "If you have Covid, you should avoid contact with your cat or dog, just as you would do with other people," Els Broens, from Utrecht University, told BBC. "The main concern is not the animals' health but the potential …

Top official says WHO cannot force China to give more information on origin of Covid-19
3 years, 7 months ago

Top official says WHO cannot force China to give more information on origin of Covid-19

India Today  

A top World Health Organisation official said on Monday that the WHO cannot compel China to divulge more data on Covid-19’s origins, while adding it will propose studies needed to take understanding of where the virus emerged to the “next level”. Pressed by a reporter on how the WHO will “compel” China into being more open, Mike Ryan, director of …

China urged to call time on fur farms after WHO’s report into Covid’s origins
3 years, 7 months ago

China urged to call time on fur farms after WHO’s report into Covid’s origins

The Independent  

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Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness
3 years, 7 months ago

Column: Biden’s new inquiry into COVID-19’s origins strikes a blow for open-mindedness

LA Times  

Chinese President Xi Jinping talks with patients and medical workers at a hospital in Wuhan, the first place hit hard by the novel coronavirus of unknown origins. It wasn’t so much what he did — ordering U.S. intelligence agencies to take a new look at the origins of COVID-19, including whether the coronavirus that causes the disease escaped accidentally from …

China's record buying spree of protein, as African swine fever bites
3 years, 7 months ago

China's record buying spree of protein, as African swine fever bites

ABC  

"They are like a vacuum cleaner, just sucking up the world's surplus of meat." Key points: China broke a record in March, importing more than 1 million tonnes of meat from around the world Its meat imports for the first quarter of 2021 were up 21 per cent on the same period last year Analysts say China's battle with African …

China says ‘politicising’ COVID origins impedes investigation
3 years, 7 months ago

China says ‘politicising’ COVID origins impedes investigation

Al Jazeera  

Politicising the origins of COVID-19 would hamper further investigations and undermine global efforts to curb the pandemic, the Chinese embassy in the United States said after President Joe Biden ordered a review of US intelligence about how and where the virus first emerged. Biden said on Wednesday that US intelligence agencies were divided about whether COVID-19 “emerged from human contact …

Whatever your thoughts on the origin of Covid, all theories point to the same solution
3 years, 9 months ago

Whatever your thoughts on the origin of Covid, all theories point to the same solution

The Independent  

Conclusions from the highly anticipated World Health Organisation report on the origin of Covid-19 have been revealed, pointing to exotic animals farmed for trade as the most likely source of the virus, while a chorus of detractors continue pushing the theory that the real leak may have been from a Chinese lab. Donate to help Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade …

WHO Covid-19 origin study delayed, lacked access: US, 13 countries express concern
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO Covid-19 origin study delayed, lacked access: US, 13 countries express concern

India Today  

The United States and 13 other countries expressed concerns on Tuesday that the World Health Organization report on the origins of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was delayed and lacked access to complete data, according to a joint statement. "It is equally essential that we voice our shared concerns that the international expert study on the source of the …

WHO draft report: Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO draft report: Coronavirus likely came from animal, not a lab

CNN  

CNN — Covid-19 probably came to people through an animal, and likely started spreading no more than a month or two before it was noticed in December of 2019, a World Health Organization draft report finds. The report says this is “extremely unlikely.” “There is no record of viruses closely related to SARS-CoV-2 in any laboratory before December 2019, or …

WHO-China study on COVID-19 origin says transmission from bats to humans via another animal 'very likely'
3 years, 9 months ago

WHO-China study on COVID-19 origin says transmission from bats to humans via another animal 'very likely'

ABC  

A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario. Key points: The Associated Press says it has obtained a draft copy of the report that outlines the study's findings Overall, the findings are largely as expected and left many questions unanswered The …

Animals were likely source of coronavirus, not lab leak, WHO says
3 years, 9 months ago

Animals were likely source of coronavirus, not lab leak, WHO says

LA Times  

A WHO-China joint study press conference is held Feb. 9 at the end of a WHO mission to investigate the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. A joint World Health Organization-China study on the origins of the coronavirus says transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal was the most likely scenario and that a lab …

Wildlife farms in southern China likely source of Covid pandemic, WHO expert says
3 years, 9 months ago

Wildlife farms in southern China likely source of Covid pandemic, WHO expert says

India Today  

An expert at the World Health Organisation rejected the possibility that Covid-19 emerged in a lab and claimed that wildlife farms in China are likely the source of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Peter Daszak, a member of the WHO team that travelled to China to probe the origin of Covid-19, told an American news agency that the officials found new …

Covid probably emerged from wildlife trade, not a lab, say WHO experts
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid probably emerged from wildlife trade, not a lab, say WHO experts

The Independent  

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SARS-CoV-2 virus can multiply in animals: Study
3 years, 10 months ago

SARS-CoV-2 virus can multiply in animals: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Testing on animals for efficacy of Covid-19 vaccine hides the true possible potential of the SARS-CoV-2’s ability to make the leap from humans to various animals, and the impact of such a jump, it is feared. Among animals that were tested for vaccine efficacy in India, after they were injected with Covid-19 causing virus were rats, mice, rabbits, and …

Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade: How loopholes in China’s animal protection law risk new virus outbreaks
3 years, 11 months ago

Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade: How loopholes in China’s animal protection law risk new virus outbreaks

The Independent  

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South Korea to give free Covid tests to pet cats and dogs
3 years, 11 months ago

South Korea to give free Covid tests to pet cats and dogs

The Independent  

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Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO

India Today  

A World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment in a summation of a WHO team's investigation into the possible origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese …

World Health Organization team in China says COVID-19 probably came from animals, but no evidence it originated in bats
3 years, 11 months ago

World Health Organization team in China says COVID-19 probably came from animals, but no evidence it originated in bats

ABC  

The World Health Organization team in the Chinese city of Wuhan says viruses similar to SARS-CoV-2 can be found in many animals, but they have been unable to find direct evidence of animal-human transmission. Key points: Bats and pangolins could possibly be the reservoir due to high similarities of genetic sequence But there was no evidence to suggest their coronavirus …

EXPLAINER: How experts will hunt for COVID origins in China
3 years, 11 months ago

EXPLAINER: How experts will hunt for COVID origins in China

Associated Press  

BEIJING — After a two-week quarantine, the real work can begin. Scientists hope that information on the earliest known cases of the new coronavirus — which was first identified in Wuhan — will help them better understand where it came from and prevent similar pandemics in the future. The virus that is the closest known relative of the one that …

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise

ABC  

Tanya Tong has two weeks to weigh up whether to see her parents for the Chinese New Year, as a small but persistent resurgence of the virus creates déjà vu one year on from the COVID-19 outbreak, scuttling celebrations across the country. Key points: China is currently recording about 200 COVID-19 cases a day China is currently recording about 200 …

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging
4 years ago

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, while a surprising – and frustrating – number of points remain unclear, one thing is certain: the first major outbreak was in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Chinese experts disagree however, with Wu himself saying in November that “more and more evidence is showing that frozen …

Coronavirus detected on imported frozen food in China
4 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus detected on imported frozen food in China

India TV News  

An imported frozen food sample in the city of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, tested positive for the novel coronavirus, local authorities said Tuesday. The sample was taken from a batch of frozen sliced pig ears imported from the United States as part of a regular screening before the entry of any imported frozen food into the city's cold storage …

Driven by Worries About Stray Dogs, Chinese Woman Brings Home 1,300 Canines
4 years, 1 month ago

Driven by Worries About Stray Dogs, Chinese Woman Brings Home 1,300 Canines

News 18  

Twenty years ago, Wen Junhong saved an abandoned dog from the streets of Chongqing in southwestern China. After taking in that first dog, a Pekinese she named Wenjing — “gentle and quiet” in Chinese — Wen found she couldn’t stop. As well as the abandoned pets and strays that are regularly left in her front yard, Wen says she receives …

Can dogs and cats get coronavirus from humans?
4 years, 1 month ago

Can dogs and cats get coronavirus from humans?

The Independent  

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