China calls for a revolution in diet to stop its citizens eating exotic and potentially dangerous animal parts

Change in China's attitude towards diet

There is a bright silver lining to the coronavirus outbreak which started in China and which is frightening many people across the planet because it is perilously close to being a pandemic. The silver lining is that the administrators of China, and I hope its citizens, are reflecting on their habit of eating exotic …

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Can cats get coronavirus?

Pangolin parts for sale at China market

People are asking Google whether domestic cats can get coronavirus and this is a good question. The answer, as at the date of this post, is not entirely clear. The world has one case of a companion animal ostensibly contracting coronavirus and that is companion dog whose owner is infected with the virus (covid-19). …

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City of Shenzhen, China prepares to ban cat and dog meat

Eating cat and dog meat in Yulin

NEWS AND OPINION – SHENZHEN, CHINA: The city administrators of the metropolis called Shenzhen in southeastern China, with a population of 12.5 million, is preparing to ban cat and dog meat in light of the coronavirus which is believed to have been caused by the slaughtering of wild animals at a live animal market …

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Study concludes that human females contribute to increased feral cat population in China

'Girl' feeds feral cat in China. Image used to illustrate the study

Firstly, I have deliberately specified that this study relates to China and the reason for this will become apparent when you read the article. The title to the study has been described as sexist and discriminatory. It is entitled: Where there are girls, there are cats. The study was carried out by four Chinese …

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Whole, dead, baby birds packaged as cat food in China imported into America

Dead baby birds are commercial cat food in China

DULLES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CHANTILLY, VA – OPINION/NEWS: This is a strange cat story. I provides people in the West with an insight into commercially available cat food in the East, in this case China. A plane flew to Dulles International Airport from Beijing, China with a package of what appears to be dead, baby …

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Picture of cat on leash with mask in China to protect against coronavirus

Cat on leash with mask in China to protect against coronavirus

What do you think of this? Personally, I can’t agree with it for a couple of reasons at least. Firstly, masks over faces do not effectively protect the wearer from contracting coronavirus. That’s been well established because the disease is transferred by ingesting infected water droplets through the mouth and these masks are not …

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Myth buster: no evidence that cats and dogs can spread new coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Can cats and dogs spread the new coronavirus?

At the date of this post (see above), there is no evidence that your companion, domestic cat or dog can be infected with the new coronavirus, according to the WHO – World Health Organisation.. Therefore they cannot spread the disease to people. It is very important that this message is spread rapidly across China and …

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Big business and politicians need to learn the lesson of the coronavirus

Apple store China before closure

Supply chains are being severely affected by the China coronavirus epidemic. Business managers have ordered employees to work from home. Many big Western businesses are in China for cheap, high quality manufacturing. And many manufacturers in the West such as car makers sell to China. The world’s largest company (or it was), Apple Inc., …

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