Aside from the disease risk, remember that the Chinese appetite for wild animals as "traditional medicine" is contributing to the disappearance of entire specie

Aside from the disease risk, remember that the Chinese appetite for wild animals as "traditional medicine" is contributing to the disappearance of entire species. Notable and well-publicized examples include tigers and rhinos, but there are many others. Stupid shit like using rhinos horns and tiger genitals as aphrodisiacs are still widely held beliefs in parts of China. Xi Jinping's administration has actually been encouraging this nonsense, and in Fall of 2018 they proposed lifting restrictions on the trade and sale of endangered animal parts. This tragedy has been extensively reported for my whole life. As a little kid I remember being brought to tears by accounts of the cruelty of Chinese traditional medicine, and the appetite of east Asian countries for exotic animals in general. Documentation is plentiful. Just an example, this Nat Geo article came in near the top of my search results just now: https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/04/29/tigers-in-traditional-chinese-medicine-a-universal-apothecary/ https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/04/29/tigers-in-tra...