Hedgehogs, elephants, pangolins, bears or fennec foxes: many wild species are sold as pets, hunting trophies, for traditional ...
Animals sold in the wildlife trade are 50 per cent more likely to share at least one disease with humans, according to a ...
Wildlife trade, which concerns a quarter of all mammal species, increases the chances of ...
More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.
People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...
Researchers warn ultra-sensitive pathogen tests may trigger unnecessary recalls and food waste despite trace detections posing limited health risk.