By: Ella The egg/meat/leather industries have displayed strong growth over the past decades due to rising demand for eggs, meat, and leather products. The reality is, those industries are one of the main causes of climate change. Moreover, they are able to potentially cause more viruses and antibiotic resistance through their impact on the animals. …
By: Klara When most people think of deadly zoonotic diseases, they assume they’re the cause of the illegal wildlife trade, but actually it’s legal trade that we need to worry about. In 2019, $4.3 Billion of legal wildlife were imported to the US. That’s approximately 200 million live animals. Because the US doesn’t have any …
By: Presley Legal wildlife trade, the commerce of products from non-domesticated (wild) animals, oras the Center for Disease Control called it, “disease transmission mechanisms that notonly cause human disease outbreaks but also threaten livestock, international trade,rural livelihoods, native wildlife populations, and the health of ecosystems.” Legal wildlife trade is still destructive and unsustainable, even if …
By: Victoria In places around the globe, small groups of people are able to make a change in their environment by using their ability to speak out for justice. No matter the size of the group of people or the size of the impact their fight will make, change is happening everywhere and we just …
By: Presley The Spanish Flu of 1918, the deadliest pandemic in history, a composition of H1N1 influenza A virus strains that affected nearly a third of the world. Though many believed the origins of this virus came from rats in war trenches, birds were responsible for human transmission and the spread. Though the Spanish Flu …
By: Victoria Bigga With only 74 of these majestic animals left in the wild, the Southern Resident distinct population segment of Orcas is slowly going extinct. The Orca, colloquially known as the killer whale, has its important purpose in the ecosystem but human activities are causing this species to die out. These Southern Resident Orcas …
By: Presley Wet markets, public slaughterhouses where animals of many species are clustered in contact with humans, secretions, and other dead animals. In these markets, animals are killed directly due to human demand. Wet markets sell living and dead animals for human consumption, and even the name “wet market” comes from the blood and organs …
Recently the UN released that around 850,000 animal viruses would have a high potential of spreading to humans. One thing that has been left undiscussed is the underlying cause of this current pandemic, Covid 19. According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), “Approximately one-quarter of human deaths worldwide are caused by infectious diseases. Of …
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The general public perceives the solutions to climate change on a basic level: they are told to reuse, renew, and recycle until we are green again. Children in schools are taught the fundamental actions required to save the Earth. These actions are necessary, but they won’t stop what’s coming. If action isn’t taken, we won’t …
Dairy Farming is a class of agriculture that is focussed on producing milk for the consumption of humans. The technical term for a Dairy cows is “Dam” Cows, like humans, naturally only produce milk to nurture their young; milk is only produced when a cow gives birth to her young. Since this is the main …