"WHO Points To Wildlife Farms In Southern China As Likely Source Of Pandemic" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/15/977527808/who-points-to-wildl

"WHO Points To Wildlife Farms In Southern China As Likely Source Of Pandemic" https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/15/977527808/who-points-to-wildlife-farms-in-southwest-china-as-likely-source-of-pandemic https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/03/15/9775278... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/health/WHO-covid-daszak-china-virus.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/14/health/WHO-covid-daszak-c... Historically, SARS-CoV-1 is suspected of being transmitted from bats to civets: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291347/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291347/ In Feb 2020, China shut down its wildlife farming industry and sent out directions on how to kill and dispose of the animals: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00677-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-020-00677-0 http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c30834/202002/c56b129850aa42acb584cf01ebb68ea4.shtml http://www.npc.gov.cn/npc/c30834/202002/c56b129850aa42acb584... https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/3064927/wildlife-ban/index.html https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/news/china/article/... Wildlife farming was a $70B industry that employed around 2% of China's workforce. There was a short-lived ban in 2003 in response to SARS-CoV-1, which was later rescinded.