China offers farmers money to quit breeding exotic animals and wildlife trade

While China’s ‘wet markets’ are suspected to be origin of coronavirus outbreak, farmers in China are w being offered cash to quit breeding exotic animals. According to an international media outlet, pressure on Chinese markets has been growing to crack down on illegal wildlife tre and in an attempt to curb practice authorities, for first time, pledged to buy out breeders. 

As per reports, in recent months, China has alrey banned sale of wild animals for food as authorities have cited risk of disease spreing to humans. Several countries also believe that dely virus passed from bats to people before spreing worldwide. In a bid to stop breeding, two central provinces have reportedly outlined a buyout programme to help farmers transition to alternative livelihoods. 

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As per reports, Hunan set out a compensation scheme to persue breeders to rear or livestock or produce tea and herbal medicines. Authorities are reportedly also offering to pay $16 per kilogram of cobra king rattlesnake to rat snake, while a kilogram of bamboo rat will fetch $11. A civet cat, on or, which is believed to have carried SARS is worth $85. 

Several neighbouring provinces, including Jiangxi province, has also reportedly released documents soon plans to help farmers dispose of animals and financial aid. A Chinese local media outlet furr reported that Jiangxi province has more than 2,300 licensed breeders, who are mostly rearing wild animals for food. Moreover, it was also reported that ir animals are worth $225 million. 

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‘Right direction’ 

While speaking to an international media outlet, animal rights group Humane Society International (HSI) said that Hunan and Jiangxi are ‘major wildlife breeding provinces’ as y have been seeing a rapid expansion of tre over last dece. HSI China policy specialist Peter Li also reportedly said that with authorities offering cash to quit breeding, China is moving in right direction. Peter ded that in past 20 years, a lot of people have been telling Chinese government to buy out certain wildlife breeding operations, however, this is first time that government actually decided to do it.

(Im: ANI)

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