Exposing the Big Game

Forget Hunters' Feeble Rationalizations and Trust Your Gut Feelings: Making Sport of Killing Is Not Healthy Human Behavior

Exposing the Big Game

Human exploitation of nature is driving pandemics like coronavirus, say UN and WHO

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A new WWF report calls for international action on the high-risk wildlife trade, deforestation and industrial farming

The Mata Atlantica rainforest in Brazil. The government has reduced enforcement leaving the Amazon at risk from illegal logging and land conversion
The Mata Atlantica rainforest in Brazil. The government has reduced enforcement leaving the Amazon at risk from illegal logging and land conversion ( Getty Images )

Humanity’s broken relationship with nature has led to the coronavirus and other pandemics will follow, WWF International said, if the world continues to reject the warning signs.

WWF’s new report calls for an international effort to reduce the risk of the next animal-borne, or zoonotic, disease outbreak, including stopping the trade and consumption of high-risk wildlife, rampant deforestation and booming industrial agriculture and animal farming.

A long line of conservation and public health leaders have issued dire warnings in the wake of the pandemic, which has caused more than 439,000 deaths globally, and called for recovery plans to take into account both the environment…

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