Sunday, May 25, 2003

Say no to eating wildlife

Scientists have discovered that coronavirus that causes SARS could be found in the body of animals like civet cats, snakes, bats, monkeys which are also the exotic delicacy favoured by people in China. Green organisations like Conservancy has already proposed a campaign to protect all these wildlife animals from being caught, killed, or eaten.

According to this article, Chinese people have been eating wildlife into extinction for a long time. However, from both the health and environmental points of view, eating wildlife animals is no way to be a good habit. The article said that Chinese people eat all sorts of animals including snakes, wild boars, civet cats, large pythons, pangolins, rare birds, wild macaques, owls, giant lizards, toads, frogs, Tibetan antelopes, soft-shell sea turtles, peacocks, wild swans, eagles, alligators, monkeys... don't forget about the insects as well .. I feel aweful to know that Chinese people eat all these things ..

Please, please, say no to eating wildlife !