China’s wildlife trade
A print back page for the South China Morning Post about all wild animals on sale in China and banned by the authorities after the Covid-19 outbreak.
The project also has an online version.
This backpage print was published in the South China Morning Post in March 2020.
Since the coronavirus outbreak, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration has confiscated 39,000 wild animals and cleaned up over 350,000 trading sites.
China's wildlife trade details the animals used across various industrial sectors, including fur farming, medicine, food, and laboratory research. The article highlights that China has a long history of trading and consuming wildlife.
Newspaper printed version.
Enjoy this page in the South China Morning Post graphics arcade.
China has traded and consumed wildlife for centuries, using the animals for everything from traditional Chinese medicine to laboratory research, and fur to food. Since the coronavirus epidemic began, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration has confiscated 39,000 wild animals and “cleaned up” more than 350,000 sites such as restaurants and markets where the animals are traded.
This online project is done in collaboration
with Hang Huang.
Some of the animals that were sold at wildlife wet markets
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