CHANDIGARH – Keep wild importance for human survival, World Animal Protection has launched a global appeal to ban the trade of wild animals forever. The organization is appealing to the leader of G20
nation to agree for this global ban when they meet for the G20 nations the summit in November.
The death of a pregnant elephant in Kerala has sent a wave of shock and grief across the country. It is a somber reminder that humans are capable of horrific acts of cruelty and violence towards animals.
This World Environment Day, the time has come for all of us to join hands and ensure that wild animals do not suffer such acts of barbarism again.Wild animals are traded for the purpose of our entertainment, for medicine and are treated as products. This cruel trade causes the suffering of millions of animals and endangers the
health of people with pandemics like COVID-19. It also has a terrible impact on our environment.
In India, World Animal Protection is urging Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to support the global call for wildlife trade ban when he represents the country at the G20 summit.
Gajender K Sharma, Country Director, World Animal
Protection India said:
“We can no longer ignore the fact that rampant trade of wild animals for the benefit of humans resulted in the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. And if we don’t act now, this won’t be the last pandemic.
Wild animals belong in the wild. That is their natural habitat. We appeal to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, who has been an advocate of animal welfare and wildlife preservation in the past, to support the global ban of wildlife trade at the G20 summit.”
World Animal Protection has also requested World Health Organisation to permanently ban all wildlife markets around the globe in the wake of coronavirus pandemic and to take a highly a precautionary approach to the wildlife trade.
he aggravated risk to human health caused by close contact to wild animals in the wildlife trade and in entertainment can no longer be ignored.
World Animal Protection has a strong track record of supporting local communities to transition away from incomes based on wildlife cruelty. It’s urgent that we come together now to implement to a comprehensive wildlife trade ban to eliminate the threats of
future pandemics to our health and economies. #EndWildlifeTrade
The WAP has called upon all to join and ask Prime
Minister Narendra Modi to supports the call for an end to the global trade
of wild animals. Sign this petition here –
https://www.worldanimalprotect
Yadavinder S.Rana
yadavindras@gmail.com