by Adam Cruise | Feb 3, 2021 | News
By Dave Kovaleski – Homeland Preparedness News A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators introduced a bill that seeks to shut down international commercial wildlife markets. The Preventing Future Pandemics Act would direct the State Department to work with...
by Adam Cruise | Jan 23, 2021 | Commentary
By Dr Rosalind Reeve & Dr Adam Cruise As the world reels from the devastating effects of COVID-19, the spotlight has been shone on the dangers to human and animal health of the enormous and expanding global trade in wildlife and the potential role of the...
by Adam Cruise | Nov 11, 2020 | News
By David Stanway and Tom Brown, National Post China prosecuted more than 15,000 people for wildlife-related crimes in the first nine months of the year, up 66% from 2019, state prosecutors said, as authorities moved to enforce a trafficking ban imposed after the...
by Adam Cruise | Jun 10, 2020 | Commentary
By Fiona Gordon – Environmental Policy Analyst & Ambassador to the Jane Goodall Institute New Zealand The pandemic which has sent countries into lock down and wiped billions from economies has refocused attention on the illicit trade of wild animals....
by Adam Cruise | Apr 17, 2020 | News
Brooke Singman, Fox News GOP Rep. Steve Chabot introduced a resolution Wednesday that would urge all nations around the globe to permanently close live wildlife markets, also known as “wet markets,” which are thought to be linked to the source of the novel coronavirus...