New Harvard and NYU Report Highlights Zoonotic Risks in Wildlife Trade

A new report examining the zoonotic disease risks associated with animal markets has been released by the Animal Law & Policy Program at Harvard and the Center for Animal and the Environmental Protection at New York University.

 

The global synthesis includes case studies of 15 countries and examines in detail the risks associated with trade in wildlife including illegal trade in parrots and other birds.

 

WPT’s Director of Bird Trade programs Dr Rowan Martin was among a number of experts interviewed as part of the project and shared findings from WPT’s investigations into the parrot trade and research on diseases among parrots seized from illegal traffickers.