I hear the spin cycle running on this...

This story shows how dim witted most media outlets really are. Animals have been giving humans diseases since the dawn of our existence. Where do you think the flu, the plague, and thousands of other diseases comes from? There is not an increase of animal to human disease transfer. There is an increase of coverage of this phenomenon and maybe more incidences from countries that get reported by Western media. There is a better scientific understanding of these diseases as well. This is no sign that the end is near.