Why is SARS virus caused by human eating wild animals?
I am an ordinary social citizen. At this moment, I want to talk about the fact that the spread of SARS virus is caused by human eating wild animals. China is one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world. However, due to human's indiscriminate catching, killing and feeding, China's wildlife resources have been seriously damaged. Many wild animals are endangered. In order to obtain meat, almost all wild animals in China are threatened by human addiction: some restaurants in Shenzhen once listed the names of precious animals such as tigers, bears and owls. Some non-governmental environmental groups in Beijing investigated some markets in this city at the beginning of this year and found that dozens of large shopping malls are selling wild animal meat, including antelope, protected animals in Beijing, wild boar, pheasant, snake, civet, owl, rabbit and wild tortoise. Even "game" such as pangolin has entered many restaurants. Some hotels, restaurants and entertainment places in Maoming City, Guangdong Province have already served dishes of flying tigers, tiger pigeons, turtledoves, snakes, pangolins, golden monkeys, red-crowned cranes, bears (paws) and other animals, many of which are national first-and second-class key protected animals. There are nearly 200 kinds of wild animals in more than 500 restaurants in Nanning, Guangxi. Only Guangxi can eat several tons of pangolins every year, and the number is more than ten thousand. The Forestry Department of Harbin Forestry Bureau seizes dozens of tons of wild animal products from the wholesale market every year, including animal meat such as flying dragons, deer, iron finches, roebuck legs, ostriches, crocodiles, kangaroos, claws, snakes and pangolins. And the dragons and claws in the north also go south to markets and restaurants. Rare and protected animals such as sturgeon, bighead carp, wild forest frog and giant salamander were also secretly sent to the table. According to statistics, China eats more than 6,000 tons of snakes every year. Such popular consumption of wild animals is an important reason why criminals hunt and sell wild animals. Driven by economic interests, they ignored the legal constraints, and the species and quantity of wild animals in China dropped sharply. China's Wildlife Protection Law has been promulgated for more than ten years. More than 30 supporting laws, administrative regulations, notices and circulars, and 100 local regulations have been formulated and promulgated successively. These laws and administrative regulations provide an important legal basis for wildlife protection and management and cracking down on illegal and criminal activities throughout the country. However, at present, the national laws and regulations on wildlife protection are not perfect enough, and the sentencing standards for punishing the destruction of wildlife resources are not strict enough, so it is difficult to accurately grasp them in operation. Therefore, it is suggested that the supreme judicial organ should make general provisions without specific standards as soon as possible. Whoever hunts, buys or sells wild animals and their products shall be given a heavier punishment; Individuals or units that eat wild animals should also be punished accordingly. For this reason, I strongly appeal to the general public not to buy, sell or eat wild animals at any time, especially those protected by law, and to keep them as a civilized fashion for a long time. At the same time, it is also hoped that the relevant government departments will introduce laws or measures prohibiting wild animals as soon as possible to curb the spread of the phenomenon of wanton consumption of wild animals. In the face of human friends and lovely wild animals, hunters, butchers and eaters, you have a clear conscience. Why do you bear it? Wild animals are an important part of the earth's ecosystem. Protecting wildlife resources means protecting human beings. Let's join hands and voluntarily join the ranks of wildlife protection, leaving this precious wealth for us and our descendants!