The move is part of China's crackdown on the exotic meat trade after some experts linked a wet market in Wuhan, China, to potentially triggering the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A new coronavirus spreading from the city of Wuhan has put a spotlight on China's poorly regulated wild animal trade - driven by relentless demand for exotic delicacies and ingredients for ...

The civet farm was a converted pigsty, Peter Li says, describing a pre-pandemic visit to one of China’s then numerous small businesses specializing in breeding wild animals for meat. About 10 ...

Chinese officials are trying to export snakes and other exotic animals overseas -- despite banning the consumption of them over fears it sparked the coronavirus pandemic.

China and its exotic-animal wet markets are incubators of human diseases like coronavirus Living closely with animals and eating strange animals creates unique conditions for human sickness.

Concerns about contracting SARS or bird flu are taking a bite out of Chinese diners’ normally huge appetite for wild animals. People’s taste for exotic wildlife like civets — the catlike ...