(Dog Meat Free Indonesia)Conservationists have welcomed the Chinese government's ban on the consumption of wild animal products, but have voiced concerns it may drive sales underground. In February, a standing committee of the Chinese National People's Congress agreed to a "complete ban of illegal wildlife trade and the elimination of the unhealthy habit of indiscriminate wild animal meat consumption". READ | Pet dog infected with Covid-19, Hong Kong authorities confirmDe Waal and Nicola Gerrard, a Blood Lions director and marketing campaign manager, called for a permanent ban on live wildlife markets. Meeting participants agreed it was disappointing it had taken the Covid-19 pandemic to awaken the world to the dangers wildlife markets posed to humans. However, Carr said it overlooked the threat of wet and wildlife markets, where the EMS believed viruses bred.

Source: News 24 April 10, 2020 05:03 UTC