According to statistics from Nature magazine in 2008, 60% of emerging infectious diseases today are zoonotic.
SARS originally originated from a Chinese chrysanthemum bat; the source of MERS was a camel; century plague HIV came from close relatives of primates; the virus on wild wild geese caused influenza A ...
The new crown virus, which has made our start of the year panic, may still originate from bats, and it is speculated that it has also experienced several snakes or pangolins.
We used to think that wildlife protection was far from ourselves. After all, there is one less pangolin in the world, what does it do with me? However, zoonotic diseases transmitted by wild animals have already harmed each of us.
While panic, we also felt deeply angry and puzzled.
Why would anyone like to eat game? How big is the wildlife trade? Why is it repeated? When can illegal killing stop? Will our future be okay?
Perhaps no matter how correct our perception is, it is difficult to convince those stubborn people to change their behavior. Maybe just wait for them to grow old, and our new generation will grow up.
But this time, can we still wait?
Those who only care about appetite and ignore science and nature have dragged everyone into disaster.
And will the new disaster come sooner?
This time, stop being silent innocent. Let us be more proactive, resist game, resist wildlife products.
For ourselves and for the people we love.
