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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 ...
The Wuhan Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market (Chinese: 武汉华南海鲜批发市场), [1] [2] also known as the Huanan Seafood Market [3] (Huanan means 'South China') or simply the Wuhan Wet Market [4], was a live animal and seafood market in Jianghan District, Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, in Central China. The market opened on 19 June ...
A wet market (also called a public market [4] or a traditional market [5]) is a marketplace selling fresh foods such as meat, fish, produce and other consumption-oriented perishable goods in a non-supermarket setting, as distinguished from "dry markets" that sell durable goods such as fabrics, kitchenwares and electronics.
According to Chinese legend, this animal helped the ancient sage Jiang Ziya overthrow the tyrant king of the Shang dynasty 4,000 years ago and became a symbol of good fortune. Chinese emperors kept the sibuxiang also called milu in imperial hunting parks, even as the animal became extinct in the wild, perhaps as early as 2,000 years ago.
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.
Consuming or owning exotic animals can propose unexpected and dangerous health risks. A number of animals, wild or domesticated, carry infectious diseases and approximately 75% of wildlife diseases are vector-borne viral zoonotic diseases. [13] Zoonotic diseases are complex infections residing in animals and can be transmitted to humans.
Chinese short-limbed skink (Ateuchosaurus chinensis) Longtail mabuya (Eutropis longicaudata) East Indian brown mabuya (Eutropis multifasciata) Short-limbed supple skink (Lygosoma quadrupes) Gail's eyelid skink (Plestiodon capito) Chinese skink (Plestiodon chinensis) Shanghai skink (Plestiodon elegans) Ladakh ground skink (Scincella ladacensis ...
The consumption of exotic wildlife, especially in Guangdong, came under heavy criticism after the SARS epidemic. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 , the Chinese government formally made the practice illegal, [ 20 ] amidst growing calls inside China to permanently ban the wildlife trade.