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Petitions for the International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats Attract Worldwide Attention
December 29, 2020 GMT
WASHINGTON - December 29, 2020 - ( Newswire.com )
In 1973, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was established in Washington D.C., the United States. With 178 member states, it is one of the most powerful international agreements in the world. Presently, another international agreement calling for the protection of companion animals has been initiated by the World Dog Alliance (WDA), turning a new page in the history of humanity.
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Can the Bushmeat Ban Prevent Another Wave of COVID Spike?
December 21, 2020 GMT
Can the Bushmeat Ban Prevent Another Wave of COVID Spike?
TAIPEI, Taiwan - December 21, 2020 - ( Newswire.com )
While most people are desperate to get over this dreadful year of pandemic, the arrival of the COVID vaccine has brought hope for 2021. However, is the bushmeat ban in China and certain Southeast Asian countries enough to stop the spread of the novel virus? The World Dog Alliance found out that dog and cat meat has become the new “exotic meat” in countries including Vietnam, Cambodia and China over the past few months, posing a huge risk of zoonotic diseases to the world.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ As of Dec. 7, 2020, 251 news outlets including Associated Press and Yahoo have published the press release Japanese Lawmakers Call for International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats . The World Dog Alliance (WDA) aims to continue their global lobbying efforts to establish an international agreement, which can save millions of dogs and cats.
Celebrated Japanese entrepreneur Mr. Genlin (original name: Hiroshi Horiike) is the founder of the WDA. Over the past six years, he has spent his own fortune, never accepting a penny of a donation from others, to campaign for an explicit ban on dog and cat meat globally. To speed up the legislation process around the world, he proposed the concept of the International Agreement to Prohibit the Eating of Dogs and Cats.