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Bats hanging upside down in a cage at a wildlife market in Indonesia to be sold for food

What you need to know about wildlife markets and COVID-19

In March, as people struggled to understand how the precursor of the virus that causes COVID-19 emerged from horseshoe bats in southern China and reached humans in the central city of Wuhan, Humane Society International policy specialist Peter Li fielded one question again and again: “Why do Chinese...

Horses

Horses are strong and resilient.

Monkeys

Monkeys are agile, intelligent primates—some of the closest animal relatives to humans.

Indian Pangolin, one of the most traffic/smuggled wildlife species for its scales

Pangolins

Pangolins are gentle mammals who curl into a defensive ball when threatened.

The facts about horse slaughter

Contents Is it possible to conduct commercial horse slaughter in a humane manner? Does horse slaughter have a negative financial impact on American taxpayers? Is horsemeat safe for human consumption? Can the federal government ensure the safety of horsemeat? Has ending domestic horse slaughter...

American horses in export pens in Texas and New Mexico before transport to Mexican horsemeat plants

Preventing Horse Slaughter

For horses to be spared cruel and needless deaths.

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