Abuse and abandonment: why pets are at risk during this pandemic
- Written by Heather Fraser, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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In a few short months the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated a series of dramatic social, political and environmental changes. Yet the focus remains resolutely on humans, leaving animals largely out of the picture.
While it was first presumed animals constituted a risk vector for COVID-19, the World Health Organisation states “the...
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