Chinese vendors sold extremely sick or even dying cats, dogs and guinea pigs at a so-called 'pet' market which also offered live animals for their meat, campaigners have revealed. A video provided by PETA shows two ill-looking dogs being caged at the so-called pet market in eastern China in May. The deadly disease was first detected in a live animal market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. But animal rights campaigners concerned that live animal markets like this one could trigger another outbreak of the bird flu. Animal rights campaigners concerned that live animal markets like this one could trigger another outbreak of the bird flu, especially from the H7N9 virus.

Source: Daily Mail July 02, 2020 15:14 UTC