SINGAPORE - The sale and slaughter of live animals like soft-shelled turtles at wet markets here is under review amid efforts to improve safety standards.
Mr Ng noted that the risk posed by the slaughter and sale of wild-caught, soft-shelled turtles at wet markets is"very similar to what might have led to this whole Covid pandemic in the first place". Mr Ng questioned the need to take such a public health risk, adding that even salmonella infections can be fatal.
She said there were only four stalls across all the wet markets in Singapore that sell live soft-shelled turtles, adding that tenders for such outlets have been banned since 2012.
Why not a blanket ban on wildlife? Turtles, frogs n shark fins don't belong to the dinner table. Why wait for another pandemic to act?
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