Partly a product of post-Mao economic reforms, the trade in wild animals is coming under intensifying scrutiny, finds Kim Sengupta
: “Why were civet cats still encouraged to be eaten after the SARS outbreak? It’s because hunters, operators, practitioners needed that. How can they achieve that? They urged the government to support them under the pretext of economic development.”There are accusations of conflict of interest in the body which is supposed to be dedicated to the protection of animals.
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