In China in Guilin, after the coronavirus outbreak is back to normal: wet markets reopen where the meat of dogs, cats, bats is sold
Dogs and cats again crammed into old rusty cages. In China in Guilin, after the coronavirus outbreak, we are back to normal: markets are reopening where bats and scorpions are also sold, animals accused during the pandemic.
Not even time to take off masks and gloves that China reopens wet markets. A Daily Mail survey shows photos that leave no room for the imagination, the correspondent from the Asian country says he saw thousands of customers flocking to the market in Guilin in southwest China.
Here dogs, cats, rabbits, ducks, but also snakes, pangolins and bats are skinned alive on the floor covered in blood, dirt and animal remains. They are then eaten or used for traditional Chinese medicine. Let's not forget that among the hypotheses of how the coronavirus developed there is also the consumption of snake meat and bat soups. During the peak of the pandemic, in fact, the consumption of this type of animals was declared illegal. Initiated in Wuhan, Covid-19 had placed numerous restrictions, but with the slow return to normal, it seems that the situation in terms of hygiene and eating habits have not changed. In another market in Dongguan, in southern China, another correspondent for the British newspaper recounted the same scenes, also talking about the sale of bats.
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“Everyone here believes that the epidemic is over and there is nothing more to worry about. Now the problem is the other countries. Markets are back to work exactly as they did before the coronavirus. The only difference is that the security guards try to prevent anyone from taking pictures, which would never have happened before, ”explains the Daily Mail correspondent that he still managed to capture some images.
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Recall that the first cases of coronavirus had occurred precisely in wuhan market, but the outbreak had been hushed by officials for weeks and the informants had been silenced. But not only. Often behind these markets lurk stories of illegal killing of wild animals considered by the WWF as one of the main causes of decline in populations of threatened species.
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The consumption of bushmeat (literally "forest meat") is on the rise in many areas of the world and also puts human health at risk. In general, according to the UNDC (United Nations Office for Drugs and Crimes), 7 thousand species are threatened by poaching and illegal trade. The United Nations has estimated that the business generated by this phenomenon, which involves the loss of biodiversity and increases the risk of pandemics, generates an induced between 7 and 23 billion dollars a year.
Source: Daily Mail
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