Dr. Fox, Michael W. (2021, June 20). COVID-19, Farmed Animals and Preventing the Next Pandemic. Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://www.uexpress.com/pets/animal-doctor/2021 /06/20 

As scientists investigated the new Coronavirus, it became known that strands of such a disease can travel through animals, therefore affecting a wider population. Animals were trafficked in the animal trade and contributed to the direct origination of the virus spreading to nearly every country. Farming practices also were natural hosts to blood-linked pathogens, which was unknown until a period of scientific research that barely halted the consumption and exploitation of these animals. As a result, try to take the first step and ban wildlife trade and consumption during the month of February, followed by Shenzhen. exotic animals were banned in trade by the European Parliament, southeast Asia, and in the United States. This termination was sad to deal with the current situation but had added benefits towards the future.

The coronavirus pandemic did catastrophic damage to the global economy and the population. Rules were put in place to limit human on human contact, but as the virus spread, these legislative matters extended to animals as studies on the spread of the virus grew. By banning the wide known market of illegal animal trade, these animal rights enforcements set industries to be shut down, benefiting animals that were facing extinction from such a system. Because of this pandemic, environmental rules became part of the national cause for ending the pandemic, making it a more serious reason than the people who wanted the coronavirus to be extinct. These tactics within farming aren’t new, and I think that humans dismiss their consumption of meats and other similar products as being cruelty-free and possibly even good for the environment. In the end, though, the author makes it evident that animals carry and are affected by the disease that we are affected by, making our issues those of animals (and reverse). Although these events set the world with a more positive outlook on enforcing regulation early, it’s disappointing that it took a pandemic to make humans take action on animal rights against illegal global sales. However, at least the coronavirus pandemic led to a positive lead in creating a more healthy and populated globe of animals that should be treasured.