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The Chinese government subsequently announced a temporary ban on the sale of wild animal products at wet markets on 26 January 2020, [23] [24] [9] [10] and then a permanent ban in February 2020 with an exception for traditional Chinese medicine ingredients, [24] [25] By 22 March 2020, at least 94% of the temporarily closed wet markets in China ...
Not all wet markets sell live animals, [17] but the term wet market is sometimes used to signify a live animal market in which vendors slaughter animals upon customer purchase, [21] such as is done with poultry in Hong Kong. [22] Wet markets are common in many parts of the world, [26] notably in China, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
Within the last decade nearly 975 different wild animal taxa groups have been legally and illegally exported out of Africa and imported into areas like China, Japan, Indonesia, the United States, Russia, Europe, and South America. [12] Consuming or owning exotic animals can propose unexpected and dangerous health risks.
China's big cat species include the tiger, leopard, snow leopard and clouded leopard. The tiger is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, and figures prominently in Chinese culture and history. Tiger bones are used in traditional Chinese medicine and tiger fur is used for decoration. The animal is vulnerable to poaching and habitat loss ...
The smuggling of wild animals is one of the largest black markets in the world. Animals are smuggled for various reasons, including for their fur, to be sold as meat, or to be sold in the exotic ...
Chinese environmentalists, researchers, and state media have called for stricter regulation of exotic animal trade in wet markets. [59] Several Chinese scientists have called for bans on wildlife trade since 2003. [25] [60] [61] On 22 January 2020, a ban on the sale of all wild animal products in Wuhan was announced. [62]
Three publicly traded Chinese drugmakers which count global banks such as UBS and HSBC as investors have used parts of endangered animals as ingredients in their products, an environmental group said.
The black market pangolin trade is primarily active in Asia, particularly in China where the population can be considered as vermin. Demand is particularly high for their scales, but whole animals are also sold either living or dead for the production of other products with purported medicinal properties or for consumption as exotic food.