Legal expert Carissa Kranz sounds the alarm about the existence of wet markets located across the U.S. — just like the one that caused COVID19 in Wuhan, China.... Unregulated slaughterhouses are hotbeds for deadly human contagion. While NY is the epicenter for COVID-19, it can also be the launching pad for the next viral attack.
As we race for a vaccine and practice unprecedented social distancing, the
question as to how to prevent future pandemics remains. COVID-19 was born in
a wet market in China. A wet market is another word for an unregulated
street slaughterhouse that is wet with blood, urine, guts, feces, and other
bodily fluid spillovers as animals sit alive in cages to be purchased and
slaughtered on scene in close proximity to other species of animals and
humans.
Expert consensus is wet markets are a grave danger to global public health
and a ticking time bomb for the next plague. “Whenever wild, farmed,
domestic, and companion animals are crammed together in close quarters for
slaughter, there is a high risk of pathogens jumping from one species to the
next,” says legal expert Carissa Kranz. “The world is up in arms over
China’s wet markets, but what about the thousands of wet markets in
operation today in the United States?” On behalf of New York residents,
attorney Kranz filed a legal petition for rulemaking in accordance with a
proposed NY senate bill addressing the State Administrative Procedure Act to
call upon lawmakers to immediately shut down the 80-90 live animal wet
markets in operation today in New York.
“Unregulated slaughterhouses are hotbeds for deadly human contagion. While
NY is the epicenter for COVID-19, it can also be the launching pad for the
next viral attack.” As we experience an unprecedented global health and
financial crisis legislators on both sides of the isle are calling upon the
“WHO” to ban these wet markets across the world, which they say are proven
breeding grounds for virulent zoonotic outbreaks that morph into deadly
human pandemics. Besides COVID, other deadly human pandemics traced back to
wet markets include SARS and MERs. In fact, the CDC says 3 out of 4 human
viruses are of animal origin.
Carissa Kranz, Super Lawyer & Founder of the BeVeg Certified Vegan Symbol sounds alarm for the thousands of wet markets across the U.S. just like the one in Wuhan, China where COVID-19 has traced origins.
In an urgent plea to the WHO to immediately ban all wet markets globally,
Lindsey Graham and Cory Booker together write: “As this pandemic continues
to threaten the lives of millions, pushes healthcare systems to the breaking
point, and devastates economies around the world, it is imperative that we
all take action as a global community to protect public health.”
But what about the thousands of wet markets happening right here, right now,
on US soil? Attorney Kranz says that while a global ban will be popular and
commendable, it will be nearly impossible to enforce. However, “a ban of all
live animal wet markets on US soil can be legally enforced, and we should do
what is within our power. If a bipartisan Congress is united on the public
health risk of these markets and cause of the virus, why are these wet
markets still open and in operation in America?” Attorney Kranz urges
lawmakers to take immediate action to exercise pandemic prevention hygiene
before it is too late and more human lives are destroyed. “This is a chance
for the United States to lead the WHO by example as lawmakers further their
agenda for a ceremonial global ban of these markets.”
History has proven that global public health and safety are at risk when
humans exploit animals for meat. Just consider the following deadly viral
global pandemics of animal origin that have collectively killed hundreds of
millions of people, if not more.
The petition for rulemaking was filed based on a proposed NY Senate bill,
which requires an agency response with 100 NY resident signatures. The
petition collected about forty thousand signatures. To date, there is no
response by lawmakers. The petition was filed on behalf of the public by the
Law Offices of Carissa Kranz, a Palm Beach Gardens personal injury law firm.
“Injured clients include people and animals. Live animal wet markets cause
injury to both. Not only is it cruel and inhumane, it’s a public health
crisis that will likely lead to the next pandemic,” says attorney Kranz. The
Petition for rulemaking was a CBS exclusive interview and then further
discussed on a newly launched digital media show — Laws THAT Matter — hosted
by attorney Kranz.
The Laws THAT Matter show airs live every Wednesday at 12p EST / 9a PST on
Jane Unchained News Network. The show logo is stamped in the lower third
with the BeVeg certified vegan symbol. BeVeg is the only law-firm-issued
vegan symbol with global trademark protection. The Law Offices of Carissa
Kranz manages BeVeg as a practice area for vegan certification within the
firm.
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