>“The disease risks to humans from industrialized intensive animal farming, and especially mixed swine and poultry farms, are enormous, and must not be understated,” the report says. “The authors therefore strongly discourage granting any planning applications for new or expanding industrialized intensive animal farms, especially poultry and pig farms or a mix thereof, and especially in areas with high existing concentrations of intensive animal farms.”
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>“There is exceptionally strong evidence for a link between low animal welfare levels and high disease transmission risks,” Andrew Knight, co-author of the report and professor in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, told FarmingUK. “These environments are fertile breeding grounds for the emergence of new influenza pandemics and other dangerous diseases.”
>These factors collectively weaken the immune systems of the animals involved, which make them more susceptible to spreading diseases that can make the jump to humans.
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I’ll keep saying it, though it seems obvious beyond belief at this point; stop supporting animal agriculture. If you don’t/won’t, you deserve what you get.
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>“The disease risks to humans from industrialized intensive animal farming, and especially mixed swine and poultry farms, are enormous, and must not be understated,” the report says. “The authors therefore strongly discourage granting any planning applications for new or expanding industrialized intensive animal farms, especially poultry and pig farms or a mix thereof, and especially in areas with high existing concentrations of intensive animal farms.”
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>“There is exceptionally strong evidence for a link between low animal welfare levels and high disease transmission risks,” Andrew Knight, co-author of the report and professor in the School of Environment and Science at Griffith University, told FarmingUK. “These environments are fertile breeding grounds for the emergence of new influenza pandemics and other dangerous diseases.”
>These factors collectively weaken the immune systems of the animals involved, which make them more susceptible to spreading diseases that can make the jump to humans.
article continues….
I’ll keep saying it, though it seems obvious beyond belief at this point; stop supporting animal agriculture. If you don’t/won’t, you deserve what you get.