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The coronavirus pandemic has opened the debate on the risks of consuming meat from wild animals in China, a custom that several scientists warned against in 2007. And that " ticking bomb " they alerted seems to have exploded all over the planet, where the number of people infected by Covid-19 continue to increase day by day. Given this situation, the Chinese authorities have banned the consumption of meat from wild animals.
The city of Shenzhen has gone one step further and has become the first city to ban the trade and consumption of dog and cat meat, according to the British BBC chain. The new law will take effect on May 1.
Thirty million dogs die each year for human consumption, according to data from the International Humanitarian Society. However, reality indicates that it is not usual in China to eat this type of meat and in fact, most citizens say that they would not .
"Dogs and cats have established much closer relationships with humans than other animals and the prohibition of the consumption of their meat is a common practice in Hong Kong and Taiwan . This limitation is in keeping with the spirit of human civilization," says the government. Shenzhen local.
For Peter Li, head of the global animal defense organization HSI, Shenzhen's decision could be "decisive" in efforts to end this "brutal trade that kills some 10 million dogs and 4 million cats in China every year. "
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