World: NGO warns that it is urgent to put a stop to industrial livestock farming to stop bird flu

Since October 2021, more than 280 million birds have died from the deadly H5N1 bird flu. This outbreak is one of the worst losses of wildlife in recent times. It has affected endangered species and infected mammals, raising fears that the virus could spread to humans. The international NGO Sinergia Animal is urging the world to address the root cause of this problem: factory farming, which creates the perfect conditions for diseases such as bird flu to emerge. A global crisis that is being ignored Did you know that H5N1 was first discovered in 1996 on a goose farm in China? Since then, the virus has spread around the world and has become more dangerous. It has caused the deaths of a significant number of birds, including 40% of Dalmatian pelicans in southeastern Europe and almost an entire generation of sea lions and elephant seals in South America. The virus has already affected at least 485 species of birds and 48 species of mammals, causing severe damage to wildlife and ...