Zoonoses become more frequent and intense. As intensive animal farming amplifies the emer-gence of zoonoses, the increase in intensive animal farming poses a risk to future zoonotic out-breaks [1]. This raises the question to what extent people are aware that intensive animal farming poses a risk to zoonoses. Furthermore, if people would be (made) aware, would they be willing to take protective measures by reducing their animal food consumption? This was investigated in two studies (N = 167). In Studies 1 and 2, we measured participants’ risk perception of intensive animal farming and their willingness to consume less animal products. Additional measures were participants’ cognitions and behaviors regarding animal product consumption and opinions on banning intensive animal farms (Study 1) and estimations of the percentage of meat they consume coming from intensive farms (Study 2). The main results showed that most participants were aware that zoonoses can occur through intensive animal farming (Study 1), but did not regard this as likely (Study 2). They were also not aware where their meat comes from (Study 2). The majority of participants is willing to change their animal consumption behavior if this reduces future zoonotic outbreaks (Studies 1-2).