Major Animal Pharma Industry Group Forced to Remove UN Logo from 'Misleading' Briefing on Livestock
Major Animal Pharma Industry Group Forced to Remove UN Logo from ‘Misleading’ Briefing on Livestock Climate Impact
By Sophie Kevany
September 20, 2021
An animal pharmaceutical representative body appears to have made a failed attempt to influence the United Nations by using what experts are calling distorted climate information to protect the livestock industry against calls to reduce food animal numbers and eat less animal protein, critics say.
As reporting by DeSmog and Sentient Media reveals, the group has been forced to remove an official UN logo from a briefing it produced as a lobbying tool ahead of a key UN food summit later this month. The briefing’s claims run counter to calls from scientists to reduce animal protein consumption to help tackle the climate crisis.
The policy briefing document was released in early January by Belgium-based organization, HealthforAnimals (HfA), which represents some of the world’s biggest and best-known animal pharmaceutical companies, including Zoetis, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health, Merck Animal Health, Elanco Animal Health, IDEXX, and Ceva Santé Animale.
The animal pharmaceutical sector produces vaccines, antibiotics, and other medicines for food, clothing, and companion animals—although food animals are the biggest earner. HfA’s member turnover in 2020 totalled about $26 billion—more than half the sector’s global value. (The total excludes one HfA member because recent earnings data could not be confirmed.)
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https://sentientmedia.org/major-animal-pharma-industry-group-forced-to-remove-un-logo-from-misleading-briefing-on-livestock-climate-impact/
