Wuhan officially bans eating of all wild animals
Authorities in Chinese city Wuhan— the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, have officially banned the eating of all wild animals, reports said .
On Wedneday, the local administration of Wuhan said that along with the consumption ban, the city would become a “wildlife sanctuary” where virtually all hunting of wild animals was banned with the exception of measures for ”scientific research, population regulation, monitoring of epidemic diseases and other special circumstances”.
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Along with the ban, Wuhan introduced strict controls on the breeding of all wild animals, prohibiting any to be reared for food, CBS reports said.
Wuhan will also join a countrywide scheme to offer buyouts to farmers who breed wild animals.
Wuhan, saw the first cases of Covid-19 late last year. The origins of the outbreak are still under investigation but one of the suspected sources is the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in the city which included a live animal section reportedly selling more than 30 species of animals including live wolf pups, golden cicadas, scorpions and civets. China closed the market in January.
