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Humankind's
relationship with nature and its animals have brought a
pandemic crashing down on our heads. Destroying wildlife
habitat at breakneck speed while participating in the capture,
breeding, trading, and consumption of wild and exotic animals
has brought us dangerously close to the estimated
650,000 to 840,000 unidentified viruses that scientists say
could be transmitted from wildlife to humans — the coronavirus
was one of them. And while a pandemic is inherently
global in nature, a huge part of the onus of preventing one
falls on the United States: it commands 20% of the global wildlife market,
importing almost a quarter of a billion live, innocent animals
per year.
That's why it's so exciting that
a bipartisan group of Senators and Congressional
Representatives have introduced the Preventing Future
Pandemics Act of 2020, which "would prohibit the import,
export, and interstate trade of live wildlife for the purpose
of human consumption" in the U.S. This would not only
prevent what scientists are calling the inevitable next
pandemic — it would also curb the vicious cruelty of the
wildlife trade both in the U.S. and abroad, with an allocation
of funds meant to support communities all over the world in
their pursuit of compassionate, safe relationships with
animals. Do you want animals and humans to prosper alongside
each other for centuries to come? Sign the petition and tell U.S. Congress and the
Senate to pass the Preventing Future Pandemics Act of
2020!
Thank you,
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Lauren
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The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. This new
law would prevent so much animal suffering — and could prevent
the next pandemic. Sign to tell U.S. lawmakers to pass the
Preventing Future Pandemics Act today! |
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