U.S. Animal Industries Pose Disease Risks to People, Report Says

The United States is home to an enormous array of animal industries — including industrial agriculture, fur farming and the exotic pet trade — that pose a significant risk of creating infectious disease outbreaks in humans, according to a new report by experts at Harvard Law School and New York University.Moreover, the nation “has no comprehensive strategy” to mitigate the dangers posed by these practices, many of which operate with little regulation and out of public view, the authors concluded.

“The risk is staggering, because our use of animals is staggering,” said Ann Linder, the report’s lead author and a […]

Click here to visit source. www.nytimes.com