A Turkish academic has warned of the "dire consequences" of killing bats or other wild animals due to the fact that they bear the blame for the outbreak of the new epidemic of SARS Cove 2, which causes Covid-19 رض disease, stressing that human intervention in wildlife led to the spread of diseases such as AIDS, Ebola and Corona by wild animals such as chimpanzees and birds.

The lecturer at the Turkish University of Çankırı, director of the Wildlife Research Center, Tarkan Eurolmaz, said that blaming bats or other wildlife for an outbreak of corona or other diseases that threaten human life will have severe consequences whose consequences cannot be addressed in the future .

Eurolmaz, who has been conducting as a biological doctor for nearly twenty years, has taught academic studies related to bats, that human deaths from diseases caused by coronaviruses such as SARS, MERS and Corona, raise questions about the organisms that were embracing these viruses before they were transferred to humans.

The bat is not the only suspect

Eurolmaz explained that the bats topped the list of accused persons among wild animals for causing the transmission of the Coronavirus to humans, pointing out that there are about 1400 species of bats around the world.

"According to studies conducted to date, coronaviruses (coronaviruses are the family to which the emerging corona virus) found in bats living in China are 96% similar to corona virus," he said.

"But although the coronavirus found in these bats is similar to corona in humans, other animals, such as mongoose, wild cats, and mammals that eat ants, snakes and fish, are also among the most prominent suspects of coronavirus transport," Eurolmaz added.

Environmental disruption leads to new epidemics

Eurolmaz stressed that the epidemics that caused the death of many people reveal at the same time the need to reconsider the relationship of humans to the environment and wildlife.

He noted that humans who have spread over wider areas since the twentieth century have become more involved in wildlife and ecosystems.

"These developments have contributed to the destruction of ecosystems, fragmented habitats and wildlife that have reached the brink of extinction, which has disrupted the ecosystem and led to more epidemics among humans," Eurolmaz added.

And he added that "the interference of humans in the wild in wildlife and ecosystems led to the spread of diseases such as AIDS, Ebola and Corona through wild animals such as chimpanzees and birds."

"There is a significant increase in many infectious diseases such as HIV / AIDS, Hanta virus, hepatitis C, and SARS worldwide," said Eurolmaz.

He explained that the increasing changes that limit the activity of wildlife and the destruction and fragmentation of fragmented habitats, also negatively affect the possibilities of increased communication and transmission rates of infectious diseases between wild animals on the one hand and between humans and pets on the other.

Do not kill her

The Turkish academic warned against killing the bats under the pretext of their contribution to the outbreak of corona, noting that such an action would threaten the balance in wildlife and open the way for the emergence of other types of deadly epidemics.

He pointed out that China is witnessing these days discussions about killing some types of bats during hibernation, and that Peru has killed about two hundred bats in the framework of an organized campaign that appears to have reached the United States of America.

Eurolmaz said that declaring war against bats or other wildlife against the backdrop of the Coruna outbreak "will lead to severe consequences for human life around the world."

Eurolmaz stressed the need to combat the Corona epidemic by taking effective preventive measures and protecting wildlife, warning that disturbing the "environmental balance will lead to the emergence of epidemics that may sweep the world and affect all people."