Concerned about animals that could spread the coronavirus, China has announced a ban on wild animal breeding – with some notable loopholes.
Seventeen traditional species such as chicken and rabbit as well as sixteen"special" species, including spotted deer and ostrich, did make it. The ministry decided that such animals would now be considered"livestock," meaning they can be commercially bred and traded.
Those interests may delay the implementation of a permanent ban on wildlife consumption. China's legislature, the National People's Congress, has yet to update the country's, which only protects rare and endangered animals. Instead, the legislature concluded during its annual national meeting this May that it will look into drafting revisions, a lengthy process that can take years before amendments are approved.
Yao Yuanchuan, a bamboo rat breeder based in Sansui, Guizhou, one of China's poorest provinces, said dozens of farms in his small village reliant on bamboo rat breeding had already been shut down and forced to kill off their stock.
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