Covid-19: Cómo la ganadería industrial propicia pandemias
Resumen
La batalla contra la pandemia de Coronavirus es sin lugar a dudas la mayor crisis global en toda la vida. ¿Podría ser que la forma en la que ahora producimos gran parte de nuestros alimentos alrededor del mundo está ya preparando la siguiente? Si bien la sociedad ha entrado en batalla con el virus, nuestro enemigo invisible, la verdad es que hemos estado atrapados en una batalla todopoderosa desde hace algún tiempo. En su corazón se encuentra la ganadería industrial. Mantener a los animales enjaulados, hacinados y confinados - como se crían hoy en día la mayoría de los animales de granja - proporciona el caldo de cultivo ideal para cepas de virus nuevas y más mortales. La gripe porcina y la altamente patógena gripe aviar son solo dos ejemplos. Si bien se cree que el Covid-19 nace del maltrato de animales enjaulados en mercados húmedos y el comercio ilegal de vida silvestre, muestra fuertes paralelismos con estos otros virus que tienen su origen en la ganadería industrial. Tanto la gripe porcina como la gripe aviar - que se originan en los cerdos y las gallinas - han sido devastadoras. La pandemia de gripe porcina de 2009 terminó probablemente con la vida de medio millón de personas en todo el mundo. La próxima pandemia bien podría provenir de un cerdo o pollo encarcelado. De animales "cultivados" como meros productos básicos y alimentados con los frutos de la deforestación. Sin poner fin a las condiciones de cultivo intensivo que promueven la aparición de nuevas cepas de enfermedades virales, la próxima pandemia bien podría estar en nuestro plato.
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pandemia, crisis global, comida, virus, ganadería industrial, animales, gripe porcina, gripe aviar, Covid-19.Citas
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