Studies by multiple scientific teams have shown that bats may be the source of the new crown virus, and mink, snakes, and pangolins may be intermediate hosts of the new crown virus.
As the saying goes, "Sickness comes from the mouth". To avoid the spread of the virus from animals to humans, the most important thing is that wild game can no longer be eaten.
According to the latest laws and regulations, can we Hunan people love to eat the taste snake and ginger spicy snake? To this end, the reporter of the "City Evening" column of Hunan City Channel exclusively interviewed experts from Hunan Agricultural University and relevant responsible persons of Hunan Forestry Bureau.
The Decision promulgated:
A system of total prohibition on the consumption of wild animals was established
On February 24, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress voted and adopted the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Completely Banning Illegal Wildlife Trade, Eliminating the Bad Habit of Eating Wild Animals, and Effectively Protecting the People's Life, Health and Safety.
Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the prominent problem of indiscriminate consumption of wild animals and the huge hidden dangers posed by public health security have been widely concerned by all sectors of society. The current wildlife protection law's legal norms on fasting are limited to wild animals under national key protection and other protected wild animals that have no legal source and have not passed quarantine.
On the basis of the Wildlife Protection Law, the Decision expands the scope of legal adjustments and establishes a system of comprehensive prohibition of the consumption of wild animals, with the orientation of a comprehensive ban on the consumption of wild animals. Those who violate the existing laws and regulations should be punished more heavily on the basis of the existing laws, so as to reflect stricter management and severe crackdown.
The decision shall enter into force on the date of promulgation, that is, it shall enter into force on the date of promulgation.
Ten years of taste snake old shop owner:
Can I continue to operate?
Experts from Hunan Agricultural University:
Snakes may carry the virus
Hunan Forestry Bureau:
Relevant supporting policies are being studied and formulated
Director Chen said that the farmers are worried, it is the government department is anxious, the relevant supporting policies are in the process of rapid research and development, the initial direction will increase the support for high-tech farms, to help the aquaculture industry to enhance added value.
Chen Chunhua, Director of the Wildlife Protection Division of Hunan Forestry Bureau:
We currently have a number of wild animal artificial breeding enterprises in the province, scientific research this piece is doing better, some have entered the cosmetics market in the past few years to provide raw materials, and then one such as providing some medical raw materials, encouraging these added value to increase (the industry).
As early as January 23, the Hunan Provincial Forestry Bureau issued the "Emergency Notice on Further Strengthening the Prevention and Control of the Pneumonia Epidemic Caused by the Novel Coronavirus Infection", which decided to implement the "one seal control and four strict prohibitions" for the supervision of wild animals in the province: sealing and isolating wild animals in all artificial breeding sites; it is strictly forbidden to hunt, transport, trade and perform wild animals.
On January 26, the Changsha Forestry Bureau also issued the "Notice on Strengthening the Supervision of Terrestrial Wild Animals", which specifically implemented the "one control and four strict" measures.
The lawyer reminds that in the future, if you continue to buy, sell and eat wild animals prohibited by the order, first of all, if you are suspected of violating the law, you will confiscate the wild animals and illegal gains, and at the same time you will be fined, and if the circumstances are serious, you will be investigated for criminal responsibility. So, please don't eat wild animals anymore.