Wuhan bans eating wild animals

[Catherine]

Wuhan, the probable source of the pandemic has banned eating wild animals. It has also  moved to buy out and compensate farmers breeding wild animals. 
This is a recognition that the wildlife trade endangers us all. The only solution is to stop it completely. 

https://globalnews.ca/news/6967998/wuhan...d-animals/

This ban is good news for endangered species. Many of them are traded illegally and end up in wet markets Where they will be killed and eaten. Banning any form of wet market will give animals like the pangolin a chance to survive. A side effect of that is an increase in our chances of survival. Covid 19 is not our first virus to come from the wildlife markets. Remember SARS? That passed, but we haven't overcome this pandemic yet.  I don't think we want to know what other viruses are out there. Right now banning wet markets and the wildlife trade is our only hope for the future.

Wuhan has acted. Now we need to look around the world and find other places where wildlife is trafficked  and close those markets too.

[Tobi]

We are not even 100% sure of the source of the coronavirus pandemic.
But any possible links to the wildlife trade have to be taken seriously. This is postive news for many wild animals, and for any cruelty connected with that trade.

[Catherine]

They are still assessing where this virus came from, but there have been plenty of other viruses to come from the wildlife trade.
It has to be stopped for the sake of the animals. It is a cruel trade. We would benefit if we treated wildlife with respect and left the animals alone.
Everybody wins from a wildlife trade ban.