‘Viral pathway’: fur farming risks a new pandemic

A study of animals and systems in China has found viruses that could infect people are rampant in farms breeding mink, raccoon dogs and foxes for their fur. The public health risks of fur farms have been made apparent in recent years with the worrying outbreaks of Covid-19 and avian flu on mink, fox and raccoon dog fur farms in Europe and North America. The intensive, cramped, caged systems of
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