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Wildlife markets have been implicated in the spread of several disease outbreaks in recent years, including Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), avian influenza or bird flu, Ebola and Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). The novel coronavirus pandemic was also traced to a wildlife market in Wuhan, China.
In the United States too, there are wildlife markets in parts of San Francisco, New York City and other areas, where live frogs and reptiles are sold. Our country is also responsible for a rampant trade in exotic pets. Wild-caught animals are imported from all over the world, and species are mixed and held in close confinement under poor conditions at wildlife dealers’ premises. Some are turned loose, others die prematurely due to improper care and many more die during transport and because of poor conditions at dealer warehouses. These animals have also transmitted diseases, like the monkeypox outbreak in the United States in 2003
The ongoing coronavirus crisis, which could result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of other people the world over, has taught us many important lessons about what we should and shouldn’t be doing in order to keep ourselves healthy. One of the most important is the link between wildlife markets, which cause so much animal suffering, and the public health risks of a pandemic.
