#furfarming

· 3d ago

The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/global-pandemic-mink-farm-utah-farming-livestock #AnimalRights #fur #FurFarming #pandemic #Utah

theguardian.com

The next global pandemic could be brewing on a mink farm in Utah – and little is being done to stop it | George Monbiot

Mink farms are the perfect petri dishes for deadly flu strains to emerge. Yet officials appear to be protecting business interests over human lives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Dr Jo Swabe 🌱 @joswabe@eupolicy.social

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @Dragofix@veganism.social

Ahead of the @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu’s decision on the ‘Fur Free Europe’ European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI), zoonotic disease experts and academics are warning that fur farming poses a preventable public health threat following lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.brusselstimes.com/2301765/european-commission-delays-proposal-on-fur-ban-amid-ombudsman-inquiry-on-transparency #OneHealth #furfarming #eci #furfreeeurope #animalwelfare

brusselstimes.com

European Commission delays proposal on fur ban amid Ombudsman inquiry on transparency

“Fur farming is an unnecessary and preventable public health threat.”

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