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Dozens of ‘high-risk’ viruses discovered on fur farms in China (english.elpais.com)

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Coronaviruses, influenzas and other potentially dangerous pathogens infect raccoon dogs, mink, and foxes bred for the fur trade

Nearly five years after the event, the world still does not know exactly how the coronavirus pandemic — which killed more than seven million people worldwide and was the most serious global health emergency of the 21st century — began. The clearest clues lead to an unfortunate chain of contacts between wild animals, most likely bats, and intermediate species that ended up for sale in markets in Wuhan, China.

Now, an international team of scientists offers new insights into where and how the next pandemic may be brewing. The researchers analyzed the organs of 461 animals from dozens of species raised on fur farms in China, one of Asia’s leading producers. All the animals had died for unknown reasons.

The results reveal the presence of more than 100 different viruses, many of them unknown. Among them are 39 that the authors of the research define as “high risk,” as they have the ability to jump between species and potentially to humans. The research describes several viruses from wild animals that have spread to domestic species, often raised in their thousands in overcrowded cages and without sanitary controls. Samples were collected between 2021 and 2024 in more than a dozen provinces, mainly the four major fur-producing provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Heilongjiang, and Liaoning, in the northeast of the country. The results were published on September 4 in the journal Nature.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Damn, animal husbandry has some long tail risks. We should maybe improve the regulation of the practice both domestically and globally and look into sustainable farming, if we want this to continue
China Virus Gonna Kill Us All

The two genders

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I’ll never forget during COVID when I learned Denmark had more mink than people and had to do a cull and it went very poorly. I assumed Denmark was a pretty normal place and then one day, they were like, “OK, so we have 17 million mink.” Like, what the fuck?

It was like finding out your seemingly most normal friend runs a Pokémon card funded crime syndicate that smuggles mini ponies or something where you’re like, “I’m not mad yet. I’m confused. But I reserve the right to be mad. What were you doing with 17 million mink?”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Danish_mink_cull

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Killing them for their fur.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What's a racoon dog?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Its what the name says.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_raccoon_dog

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Omg 😲 there really is an animal with the name of two other animals as it's name. Thanks girlfreddy. This made my morning.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I was equally shocked discovering that molerats actually exist in the real world, not just in Fallout.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Tanuki

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

China's true heritage is novel virus'.