We now have an even more detailed explanation for the unique susceptibility of farmed mink to SARS-CoV-2 – after COVID-19 outbreaks ricocheted through approximately 440 mink factory farms in Europe and in the U.S., along
Washington, D.C. – Late last night, the U.S House of Representatives passed an amendment led by Reps. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, designed to fund better inspections and streamline operations fulfilling
Washington, D.C. – Late last night, the U.S House Committee on Rules advanced an amendment led by Reps. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Kurt Schrader, D-Oregon, designed to fund better inspections and streamline
COVID-19 and rabies are both zoonotic diseases, with the viruses originating in non-human animals and then infecting people after a transmission event. In the last 17 months, COVID-19 has infected nearly 35 million Americans, with
There are no spectators. There’s no gambling. There is no referee. And there are no knives or blades attached to the legs of the mink. But on the mink farms, there is animal fighting. It’s
Center for a Humane Economy Releases Scientific Report Revealing How Intensive Mink Farms May Incubate New Virus and Also Threaten Animal Welfare and Wildlife Health Washington, D.C. – High-ranking U.S. House lawmakers, led by Appropriations
Even though mink are more susceptible to COVID-19 than any other non-human mammal, and hundreds of thousands of mink have been infected by the virus at these factory farms from Lithuania to Spain to Michigan
It turns out that a short cold snap in December was the only thing that stopped 2020 from being the warmest year in recorded history, coming in a couple of a hundredths of a degree
The U.S. House of Representatives roared last month when it voted to pass the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 1380). It was a giant step toward passing legislation that will ban the trade of
COVID-19 is the most recent in a long line of epidemics caused by a disease that has jumped the species barrier from wildlife to humans Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Reps. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, and