mo4ch:>Coronavirus: Calls to shut down 'dirty fur trade' | Mo4ch News

By Helen BriggsBBC Environment correspondent 5 May 2020 Related TopicsCoronavirus pandemic Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionTens of millions of animals are farmed for their fur around the world, including raccoon dogsMink have contracted coronavirus, adding to the list of animals known to be at risk of catching the virus.Mink at two fur farms in The Netherlands tested positive for Covid-19 a week ago.And last month, it was revealed that lions and tigers at a New York zoo had caught the disease from their keepers.Coronavirus could be "catastrophic" for endangered wildlife and we must act now to protect them, says Dr Peta Hitchens of the University of Melbourne.This includes thorough regulation of wildlife trade and trafficking, as well as protection of ecosystems where human encroachment and destruction "has resulted in increased interactions between us and wild animals". Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage captionMink farmers are on alert for signs of the diseasesI…