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cjel-9873	Kotzmann, Jane; Stonebridge, Morgan	Preventing Another Pandemic: How Changing the Legal Paradigm Governing Intensive Animal Agriculture Will Reduce the Risk of Future Zoonoses	2022	60	.pdf	application/pdf	24482	878	39	B. Drivers of Emerging Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Contact between humans and animals is fundamental to zoonotic disease emergence.22 Increased contact provides pathogens with the opportunity to make the jump from animal to human, an opportunity seized by evolution.23 The UN released a report identifying seven ma- jor drivers of zoonotic disease emergence—all of which were anthro- pogenic and a number of them related directly or indirectly to our re- lationship with the animals we consume.24 Despite wet markets being identified as the likely source of COVID-19, increasing demand for an- imal protein and unsustainable agricultural intensification are the most relevant drivers of zoonotic disease in the United States. Animals as Property Legal anthropocentrism in relation to animals is both facilitated and further defined by the legal status of animals in the United States, which is one of property.123 As property, animals are unable to hold rights and can generally be treated as humans see fit, subject to some legal restrictions.124 The property status of animals is fundamental to the legal anthropocentrism that they are subject to, as it positions them as resources to be valued only insofar as they benefit humans.	cache/cjel-9873.pdf	txt/cjel-9873.txt