Health experts warn fur trade and factory farms could spark new pandemics

Health experts warn fur trade and factory farms could spark new pandemics Some of the world’s leading health experts have warned that to prevent future pandemics the fur trade should end – calling it a ticking time bomb. An outbreak of bird flu earlier this year led to a cull of a million hens on an English farm, with experts warning about factory farming’s danger for infectious diseases (Image: Getty Images ) Filthy farms and crammed markets teeming with sick animals pose a major risk as potential hotbeds for lethal new viruses that could leap from animals to people. Numerous…