Post COVID-19: A Solution Scan of Options for Preventing Future Zoonotic Epidemics
Author(s): Silviu O. Petrovan , David C. Aldridge , Harriet Bartlett , Andrew J. Bladon , Hollie Booth, Steven Broad , Donald M. Broom , Neil D. Burgess , Sarah Cleaveland , Andrew A. Cunningham , Maurizio Ferri , Amy Hinsley , Fangyuan Hua , Alice C. Hughes , Kate Jones , Moira Kelly , George Mayes , Milorad Radakovic , Chinedu A. Ugwu , Nasir Uddin , Diogo Veríssimo , Christian Walzer , Thomas B. White , James L. Wood 3 , William J. Sutherland
Publication Date: 2021
DOWNLOAD FILEThe crisis generated by the emergence and pandemic spread of COVID-19 has thrown into the global spotlight the dangers associated with novel diseases, as well as the key role of animals, especially wild animals, as potential sources of pathogens to humans. There is a widespread demand for a new relationship with wild and domestic animals, including suggested bans on hunting, wildlife trade, wet markets or consumption of wild animals. However, such policies risk ignoring essential elements of the problem as well as alienating and increasing hardship for local communities across the world, and might be unachievable at scale. There is thus a need for a more complex package of policy and practical responses.
