We must curb the wildlife trade to prevent future pandemics

While China needs to be encouraged to do more, other countries need to step up to the plate. Wildlife markets exist around the world. This is a global problem, requiring a global solution.

Civet babies, pictured March 27, 2019, at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia. Millions of wild animals are captured, bred and traded for meat, traditional medicine and pets every year and sold at different types of markets around the world and increasingly online, writes Melissa Matlow. Photograph courtesy of the World Animal Protection/Aaron Gekoski

Opinion

BY MELISSA MATLOW

July 20, 2020

TORONTO—While we look forward to the future and immunity to COVID-19, a vaccine won’t stop a pandemic from happening again. To prevent another global health and economic crisis, we must look back at how this virus emerged. It is

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