The coronavirus pandemic is causing countless deaths in Wuhan China and now around the world. This virus has been traced back to live animal "wet'markets" where viruses are crossing species and infecting humans. The senseless suffering and unnecessary eating of exotic wildlife is causing extinction, and now coming back to bite us. Please share this petition to limit the suffering and poaching of Sun Bears, and educate consumers that life should be respected and does not need to be consumed as luxuries or for traditional medicine.
From Quest4Hope
Quest4hope – China – Coronavirus
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Why is anyone doing business with China?
Many parts of China are barbaric, filthy, cruel and disgusting when it comes to animal welfare
What is the coronavirus and where did it come from?
Coronaviruses are a family of viruses originating in animals and can cause anything from colds to severe respiratory infections in humans. The current virus is a new strain of coronavirus which scientists say originated from an animal. It is believed that the disease started in a Wuhan food market in China’s Hubei province and has spread across the globe some of the people who fell ill between Dec. 12 and 29 were sellers from the Wuhan food market a local wholesale seafood market. That market has since been shut down for cleaning and disinfection
Coronavirus, unlike other infections, can take a long time after infection to cause severe illness. This virus is really acting differently. This virus, when it gets in you, it adapts itself so that you can wind up days later getting then really serious disease,
Without international pressure; China could easily continue its inhumane treatment of animals without repercussions, posing a health risk to the rest of the world.
It’s time to outlaw animal cruelty in China
There are no laws in China to prevent unimaginable cruelty to animals or to aid in their welfare. The fur trade in China begins with the live skinning of millions of dogs and cats annually, which then die a horrible death. These furs are then exported to countries such as our own.
Dogs are regularly beaten to death on the streets, all perfectly legal. It's estimated that China slaughters 10 million dogs and 4 million cats, for their meat each year. Every year they have a festival called the Yulin Cat and Dog meat festival. Why do they have to eat these poor innocent animals? These Cats and Dogs are killed in the most barbaric and by cruel methods, either by electrocuting or slitting their throats and even boiling them alive in boiling hot water.
Each year China holds its “Animal Olympics” where horse fighting often ends with the horrific death of these beautiful creatures. Live animals such as sheep and cattle are thrown to the Tigers, solely designed to entertain the collective crowds.
Bear bile farming a cruel farming system designed to extract bile from the gallbladders of living bears for use in traditional Chinese medicine. Bears are caged as cubs and never released, with many kept caged for up to 30 years. Most farmed bears are starved and dehydrated and suffer from multiple diseases and malignant tumors that ultimately kill them.
On a commercial street in China, little tortoises are found packaged as souvenirs. These tiny tortoises are still alive and swimming inside a permanently sealed herbal solution where they die after 1-3 months. Vendors also sell fish and amphibians as keyrings and mobile-phone decorations.
China has a $32 billion beauty market, and over 300,000 animals are thought to be used each year for required product tests. China is the only major buyer where mascaras and lotions need to be tested on animals.
Animals are routinely exploited for their commercial value in circuses or for ivory, fur, and food.
Most of the population in China still seems to enjoy the cruel spectacle of animal suffering.