Protect Wildlife, Prevent Pandemics

The COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the catastrophic risks of live animal markets and urban bushmeat trade for emerging diseases and the potential for devastating impact.

With global attention on the health risks of the wildlife trade and calls to close such markets, now is the time for WildAid to accelerate efforts to ensure permanent bushmeat bans are enacted and enforced, and demand for such products is eradicated for the future of both humans and wildlife.