SHUT DOWN WILDLIFE MARKETS NOW!
With their brisk #trade in #endangered and #poached animals, #WildlifeMarkets in many countries are driving the #extinction of #species. The markets are also breeding grounds for #diseases that can also be deadly to humans. There is no excuse for the existence of these markets β itβs time to shut them down NOW.
The outbreak of coronavirus in Wuhan, #China, cast a harsh light on wildlife markets.
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Make ban on Chinese wildlife markets permanent, says environment expert
Temporary ban to curb coronavirus is not enough, says environmental leader Jinfeng ZhouPhoebe Weston (The Guardian)
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in reply to anna_lillith πΊπ¦π±π • • •The #HuananSeafoodMarket, which offers an apalling variety of live and freshly slaughtered animals, is suspected to be the pandemicβs Ground Zero. According to genetic analyses, bats are the original hosts of the virus, but animals from the wildlife market may have transmitted them to humans.
In addition to seafood, the meat of 30 terrestrial animal species is available there, including #pangolins, #civets, #squirrels, #pheasants, #scorpions, #snakes and a variety of #rats.
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in reply to anna_lillith πΊπ¦π±π • • •Such markets not only play a role in the spread of #disease: by selling poached, endangered animals such as #pangolins, they are pushing species toward #extinction.
Illegal #hunting and the #WildlifeTrade, like #ClimateChange and #HabitatDestruction, are among the causes of the dramatic global #extinction of species. In late 2019, a #UN report issued a stark #warning about the scope of the catastrophe,
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https://www.ipbes.net/news/ipbes-global-assessment-preview
IPBES Global Assessment Preview
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in reply to anna_lillith πΊπ¦π±π • • •predicting that up to one million #animal and #plant species could soon be extinct.
Some #forests are already deemed βemptyβ in the wake of rampant #hunting and #poaching.
This problem goes beyond China and the current coronavirus pandemic and is driving the extinction of species in many countries, so we are calling for the worldwide closure of wildlife markets.
Please sign and share our petition and speak out against these barbaric markets.
- Rainforest Rescue
https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/1211/shut-down-wildlife-markets-now
Shut down wildlife markets NOW!
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