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Melissa Matlow

Melissa Matlow is the legislative and public affairs manager at World Animal Protection. www.worldanimalprotection.ca

Poor animal welfare a root cause of climate and biodiversity threats

  • As the world gathers to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, improving animal welfare can provide Canada with ample opportunities
Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | November 10, 2022
Parliament should also pass Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s, pictured right, Bill C-293, the Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention Act, to address the key drivers of pandemic risk, including wildlife markets, the commercial wildlife trade, industrial animal agriculture and antimicrobial resistance, writes Melissa Matlow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Poor animal welfare a root cause of climate and biodiversity threats

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | November 10, 2022
  • As the world gathers to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, improving animal welfare can provide Canada with ample opportunities

Poor animal welfare a root cause of climate and biodiversity threats

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | November 10, 2022
  • As the world gathers to address the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, improving animal welfare can provide Canada with ample opportunities
Parliament should also pass Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith’s, pictured right, Bill C-293, the Pandemic Preparedness and Prevention Act, to address the key drivers of pandemic risk, including wildlife markets, the commercial wildlife trade, industrial animal agriculture and antimicrobial resistance, writes Melissa Matlow. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Put legal wildlife trade on new Parliament’s agenda to prevent future pandemics

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concern about the increasing frequency and severity of infectious diseases, particularly those that arise from animals. The majority of
Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW, SCOTT WEESE | November 10, 2021
Key drivers of pandemic risk include climate change, urban expansion, population increases and displacement, and increasing wealth (and the corresponding increase in demand for meat and animal companions), write Scott Weese and Melissa Matlow. Pexels photograph by Aditya Sahoo

Put legal wildlife trade on new Parliament’s agenda to prevent future pandemics

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW, SCOTT WEESE | November 10, 2021
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concern about the increasing frequency and severity of infectious diseases, particularly those that arise from animals. The majority of

Put legal wildlife trade on new Parliament’s agenda to prevent future pandemics

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW, SCOTT WEESE | November 10, 2021
  • The COVID-19 pandemic has raised concern about the increasing frequency and severity of infectious diseases, particularly those that arise from animals. The majority of
Key drivers of pandemic risk include climate change, urban expansion, population increases and displacement, and increasing wealth (and the corresponding increase in demand for meat and animal companions), write Scott Weese and Melissa Matlow. Pexels photograph by Aditya Sahoo

We must curb the wildlife trade to prevent future pandemics

  • TORONTO—While we look forward to the future and immunity to COVID-19, a vaccine won’t stop a pandemic from happening again. To prevent another global
Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | July 20, 2020
Civet babies, pictured March 27, 2019, at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Millions of wild animals are captured, bred and traded for meat, traditional medicine and pets every year and sold at different types of markets around the world and increasingly online, writes Melissa Matlow. Photograph courtesy of the World Animal Protection/Aaron Gekoski

We must curb the wildlife trade to prevent future pandemics

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | July 20, 2020
  • TORONTO—While we look forward to the future and immunity to COVID-19, a vaccine won’t stop a pandemic from happening again. To prevent another global

We must curb the wildlife trade to prevent future pandemics

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | July 20, 2020
  • TORONTO—While we look forward to the future and immunity to COVID-19, a vaccine won’t stop a pandemic from happening again. To prevent another global
Civet babies, pictured March 27, 2019, at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Millions of wild animals are captured, bred and traded for meat, traditional medicine and pets every year and sold at different types of markets around the world and increasingly online, writes Melissa Matlow. Photograph courtesy of the World Animal Protection/Aaron Gekoski

Want to save lives in a disaster? Invest before the crisis

  • As aid agencies rally to help Haitians recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, it’s an important reminder of the need to invest
Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | October 17, 2016

Want to save lives in a disaster? Invest before the crisis

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | October 17, 2016
  • As aid agencies rally to help Haitians recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, it’s an important reminder of the need to invest

Want to save lives in a disaster? Invest before the crisis

Opinion | BY MELISSA MATLOW | October 17, 2016
  • As aid agencies rally to help Haitians recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, it’s an important reminder of the need to invest
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