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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 ...
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.
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]
Zayatz estimated that about 100 people visit daily during the week, and 500 people daily on weekends. Zayatz said the store sells three to five animals daily during the week, and up to 50 on weekends.
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.
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.
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.
Despite international and local laws designed to crack down on the trade, live animals and animal parts – often those of endangered or threatened species – are sold in open-air markets throughout Asia. [47] The animals involved in the trade end up as trophies, or in specialty restaurants. Some are used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM ...