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Liz Kalaugher
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social
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Science writer and author of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick (Icon Books, April 2025 and University of Chicago Press, May 2025). Co-author of Furry Logic: the Physics of Animal Life.
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Absolutely delighted that The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick was reviewed by MIT's Harriet Ritvo in The TLS.
'Reciprocal transmission may happen through contact either direct or via intermediaries, or at a remove, when anthropogenic environmental changes make habitats less healthy.'

Harriet Ritvo on the transmission of diseases between animals and humans
How to stop making ourselves and other animals sick
www.the-tls.com
Thank you for flagging The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick for #WorldZoonosesDay @VanessaSpedding Here's a link for anyone who'd like to read it uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #OneHealth #wildlifehealth
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Something that should be talked about more:

“… human-made noise can be so loud and so pervasive in some areas that it blocks the natural sounds that would otherwise be audible. This affects the behaviour and life cycles of wildlife… Noise pollution also reduces our own health and wellbeing”
How to design landscapes that enhance natural sounds and minimise noise pollution
Paying attention to soundscapes within the landscape design process can create a stronger sense of place and reduce unwanted noise.
theconversation.com
Well said, Anouk!
The @btobirds.bsky.social Blackbirds in Gardens is such an important survey!

Find out in this blog in @springernature.com why #bird diversity could help us control the prevalence of #mosquito-borne viruses #Usutu & #WestNileVirus

go.nature.com/4dvj3g4

#ecology #onehealth #biodiversity
Ecocide legislation like this would also benefit #wildlife - and human - health
"The proposed law is designed to put #ecocide on a similar legal footing to other grave crimes such as murder."

@theguardian.com reports on the introduction of the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill yesterday.

Story➡️ www.theguardian.com/...

#StopEcocide #EcocideLaw
Excited that the pen I used to sign copies of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick will soon be on the ceiling at @mrbsemporium.bsky.social
Delighted that The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick is a table neighbour (I feel there should be a word for that) to Lucy Mangan and @ginarippon.bsky.social in the amazing @toppingsbath.bsky.social
Delighted to be on the shelves of Bristol's Storysmith Books with such excellent company as @helenlpgordon.bsky.social Damian LeBas, Nicholas Jubber and @rebeccacharbon.bsky.social
Thank you cousin Chris! x
Well done to everyone involved in negotiating this #PandemicAgreement. For background on why this is good news for #wildlife health as well as humans, please see my book The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Great to see an article on #OneHealth in the #PandemicAccord For background on why this is good news for wildlife health as well as humans, please see my book The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
who.int WHO @who.int · Apr 16
After over 3 years of negotiations, WHO Member States have finalized a draft #PandemicAccord to make the world safer from future pandemics.

The draft agreement will now be submitted to WHO’s Member States meeting at the #WHA78 for consideration and adoption.

bit.ly/3EaZQmL
Thank you and happy birthday @rokewood.bsky.social!
@lizkalaugher.bsky.social absolutely delighted to have this on my birthday 🎁☺️. I commend to all!
Happy birthday Bob! I'm glad you're enjoying the book, thank you for the commendation 😊
Thank you Giles Brown and @tre.radio for your excellent questions this morning, it was great to chat wildlife health!
On Giles Brown's Let's Talk from 10.00CET, @lizkalaugher.bsky.social on 'The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick', John Offeh from ULEZ Prosperity, and Matt Okuhara with 'Nuclear Copper: The Secret World of Nuclear Policing'
Delighted to announce the UK publication of The Elephant in the Room: How to Stop Making Ourselves and Other Animals Sick. A huge thank you to editor Connor Stait and the team at Icon Books, agent Doug Young at PEW Literary and to all the researchers who contributed. uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Over one million species of wild flora and fauna are threatened with extinction, many within decades.

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay. Let's take action #ForNature and invest in our planet - every action counts: wildlifeday.org/en