Why Asian 'wet markets' are key sites for viral outbreaks

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The mishandling of animals has led to the development and spread of some of the world’s most well-known viruses. 9News

are not the only diseases in people traced back to animals. The killing and sale of what is known as bushmeat in Africa is thought to be a source for Ebola.

The Wuhan market was also like many other "wet markets" in Asia and elsewhere, where animals are tied up or stacked in cages. Jinfeng Zhou, secretary-general of the China Biodiversity, Conservation and Green Development Foundation, speaks during an interview in Beijing about a permanent ban on wildlife trading in China.

But with the outbreak upending lives across the country, many on Chinese social media are expressing frustration that rich people's appetite for wild animals is again endangering everyone else. There are signs the Chinese government may make more lasting changes to how exotic species are raised and sold. This month, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said the country should "resolutely outlaw and harshly crack down" on the illegal wildlife trade because of the public health risks it poses.In the eastern province of Anhui, officials sealed farms breeding species like badgers and bamboo rats.

That made it difficult to distinguish between legal and illegal wildlife in wet markets, and enforcement was lax, said Jinfeng Zhou of China Biodiversity, Conservation and Green Development Foundation, an environmental group based in Beijing.

 

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BLOODY DIRTY ASIANS , infecting the rest of the world because they are PUTRID FERALS you'd think they'd know better in this day and age! Thanks China!!!

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