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Globally, the illegal wildlife trade, which includes the poaching, trafficking, and consumption of live animals and animal parts for food, medicine, decoration and entertainment, is one of the most prevalent global criminal enterprises (Rosen & Smith, 2010). While scholars and policymakers distinguish between the illegal and legal wildlife trades both in terms of international treaties such as CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) and in the research literature (Reeve, 2006; Warchol, 2004; Biggs et al., 2017), the line between these two forms of trade is often ambiguous, complicated by laundering, corruption, and inadequate enforcement (Bennett, 2015; Lyons & Natusch, 2011). In addition, the legal trade and consumption of wildlife is not necessarily sustainable; it can threaten species with extinction both within and outside the geographic area(s) in which it is legalized (Zhang et al., 2008; Livingstone & Shepherd, 2016). In an attempt to stem poaching from the wild, some countries (China included) have supported the legal trade of products from farmed wildlife. However, this practice can increase the demand for wildlife products through increasing the acceptability of wildlife consumption (Rizzolo, 2021).

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A Source of Disease, Health, or Both? Wildlife Consumption in China after the Emergence of COVID-19

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    2025年

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  • Jessica Bell Rizzolo,
  • Annah Zhu,
  • Ruishan Chen

摘要

Globally, the illegal wildlife trade, which includes the poaching, trafficking, and consumption of live animals and animal parts for food, medicine, decoration and entertainment, is one of the most prevalent global criminal enterprises (Rosen & Smith, 2010). While scholars and policymakers distinguish between the illegal and legal wildlife trades both in terms of international treaties such as CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) and in the research literature (Reeve, 2006; Warchol, 2004; Biggs et al., 2017), the line between these two forms of trade is often ambiguous, complicated by laundering, corruption, and inadequate enforcement (Bennett, 2015; Lyons & Natusch, 2011). In addition, the legal trade and consumption of wildlife is not necessarily sustainable; it can threaten species with extinction both within and outside the geographic area(s) in which it is legalized (Zhang et al., 2008; Livingstone & Shepherd, 2016). In an attempt to stem poaching from the wild, some countries (China included) have supported the legal trade of products from farmed wildlife. However, this practice can increase the demand for wildlife products through increasing the acceptability of wildlife consumption (Rizzolo, 2021).