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This is why most every dangerous new virus has originated in China:
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...le-of-chinas-secretive-wildlife-farm-industry
Nearly 20,000 wildlife farms raising species including peacocks, civet cats, porcupines, ostriches, wild geese and boar have been shut down across China in the wake of the coronavirus, in a move that has exposed the hitherto unknown size of the industry.
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China’s leadership has pushed the idea that “wildlife domestication” should be a key part of rural development, eco-tourism and poverty alleviation. A 2017 report by the Chinese Academy of Engineering on the development of the wildlife farming industry valued the wildlife-farming industry those operations at 520bn yuan, or £57bn.
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...le-of-chinas-secretive-wildlife-farm-industry