The bats will fly away but the Pangolins will be massacred now that BBC has officially pinned the blame on this otherwise harmless (at a distance) and beautiful animal. I don't know how to feel about this scientific note now.
It's already the most trafficked animal in the world. Murdered by the millions in the name of psuedo-scientific traditional medicine. Hopefully after this world governments put a strict ban on its trade.
I think China banned consumption of all wildlife meat recently. Set me straight if this isn't correct. Governments banning trade and consumption of wildlife meat would be a great outcome but for that the note had to reach only the policy makers.
It's a temporary ban. They need a permanent wet market ban but they won't because the CCP loves this stuff too!
Fuck the CCP and their disregard for human health!
It says that in the article as well, yet since it was already contraband simply banning sales will just make this a more exclusive luxury.
What good are strict bans, if they are subverted and ignored on a regular basis? China already had a wild animal trade ban after SARS and yet, here we are. The only thing that can solve this, is actual medical education, eradicating this witchcraft traditional medicine...
I heard they lifted the ban after a year - is that incorrect?
Yes they lifted the ban.
The Pangolins are not to blame - it's the smugglers and illegal markets that are.
If anything, the pangolins are getting their revenge.