Since China began frantic efforts to curb a coronavirus epidemic in late January, residents in the tiny snake breeding village of Zisiqiao have had to come to terms with a ban on wildlife trading, its lifeline for decades
FILE PHOTO: Dead snakes are preserved in jars at a snake farm in Zisiqiao village, Zhejiang province, China February 22, 2013. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
“In the village now, there’s definitely no one breeding snakes,” said Yang Heyong, a 71-year old former breeder. “It must be because of the epidemic. Zhong Nanshan has already said it is related to bats and snakes!” The global coronavirus pandemic is believed to have originated in exotic animals on sale in the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan.
In Zisiqiao, built along the edge of a canal about 200 kilometres from Shanghai, snake breeding permits were cancelled in January. Winter is the off-season and breeding normally begins in April or May, so the economic impact hasn’t yet hit home. China trades 7,000-9,000 tonnes of snake a year, and intensive farming may have enhanced the transmission of parasites and other infectious diseases, the study said.
“The source is most likely mammalian, probably bats but other suspects too, including pangolins,” he told Reuters, adding that there was no reason for snakes to be singled out as a health risk.
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