Pandemic zoonoses, such as COVID-19, are one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. International governance tasked with attempting to prevent the (re-)emergence of zoonotic disease in the first place, or preparation and actual response once (re-)emergence or spread has occurred, has largely been fragmented among different governance systems, such as health, food, environment, and trade. The international legal instruments that these governance systems use reflect different ways of viewing and treating animals, which has led to a similarly fragmented approach to the regulation of human–animal interactions related to zoonoses. To illustrate this state of affairs, we develop a descriptive conceptual taxonomy to elucidate and map out how the status and evaluative stance taken toward animals can lead to shaping human-animal relationships by structuring the nature of their interactions and disposes us to adopt governance approaches that seek to regulate human–animal relationships in particular ways. This paper concludes by highlighting some implications surrounding the fragmented conceptualization and practice around how animals are viewed and treated for the future of international legal governance of pandemic zoonoses.

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切肉处：国际法中定义如何看待和对待动物在治理（重新）出现的大流行人畜共患病中的作用

流行性人畜共患病，例如 COVID-19，是 21 世纪最大的挑战之一。国际治理的任务是从一开始就试图防止人畜共患疾病（重新）出现，或者一旦发生（重新）出现或传播就做好准备并采取实际应对措施，但这些治理在很大程度上分散在不同的治理系统中，例如卫生、食品、环境和贸易。这些治理系统使用的国际法律文书反映了看待和对待动物的不同方式，这导致了对与人畜共患病相关的人与动物互动的监管采取了类似的支离破碎的方法。为了说明这种情况，我们开发了一种描述性概念分类法，以阐明和规划对动物的地位和评价立场如何通过构建人与动物相互作用的本质来塑造人与动物的关系，并促使我们采取旨在规范人与动物关系的治理方法以特定的方式。本文最后强调了围绕如何看待和对待动物的碎片化概念和实践对大流行性人畜共患病国际法律治理的未来的一些影响。