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Illegal wildlife trade: Experts fear stockpiling of wildlife by criminal gangs may increase during pandemic Abbianca Makoni
Wildlife experts fear stockpiling will increase during the pandemic in Chinese and Vietnamese borders as criminal gangs exploit current vulnerabilities.
Despite the deadly consequences of the illegal wildlife trade - poachers and other key players in this lucrative business are actively banking on the extinction of species to drive up the value of their stockpile.
The Independent and the Evening Standard are working with conservation charities including Space for Giants and Freeland to protect wildlife at risk due to the conservation funding crisis caused by Covid-19.
China’s attempts to prevent another zoonotic disease outbreak will fail without deep changes in enforcement, oversight, and extensive investment to ramp up veterinary capacity, say experts. China’s top lawmakers last week approved revisions to the country’s law on preventing the spread of animal diseases. Amendments to the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law, due to come into force in May, were accelerated in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The.
Animal trade placed under more scrutiny By WANG XIAODONG | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-23 07:15 Share CLOSE Farmer Lin Jinghong nurses a bamboo rat in Qinzhou city, South China s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on July 24, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
Tighter rules will help reduce risk of serious diseases jumping to humans
Trading of animals will be put under greater scrutiny for epidemic prevention and control and public health, according to a revised law adopted by China s top legislature on Friday.
Related departments such as health, rural affairs and wildlife protection at county level or above should establish cooperative mechanisms for the prevention and control of diseases that jump from animals to humans, according to the Animal Epidemic Prevention Law.