End the Trade
The global trade in wild animals has produced the conditions for disastrous and deadly pandemics, including COVID-19. To prevent the next pandemic, the Coalition to End the Trade is calling for the permanent end to the commercial trade and sale in markets of terrestrial animals (particularly birds and mammals), especially for consumption. Global Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and WildAid are launching this coalition to implement key strategies that seek to end this trade…
Support Conservation Centers, Aquariums, and museums through the shutdown
Help us urge Congress and the White House to include non-profit organizations that support public nature and STEM education in COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Legislation! As an AZA-certified facility, we host thousands of children and families every year at our center and field programs. We also educate millions of people worldwide online and through social media. This work can only continue through this shutdown by voicing your support!
Mother Nature’s Revenge: COVID-19
Among the torrent of news concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, we are gradually learning the origin story of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Scientists cannot say with certainty where and how SARS-CoV-2 was initially transmitted to humans, but we do know that the first cases were recorded from people visiting a “wet market” (seafood markets that also sell wild and farmed animals for food) in Wuhan, China and that the virus is similar to a coronavirus found in bats. Viruses like these are known to jump from bats to humans, often by an intermediary species.