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The new coronavirus emerged from the global wildlife trade – and may be devastating enough to end it

  • Written by George Wittemyer, Associate professor of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University
Government officers seize civets in a wildlife market in Guangzhou, China to prevent the spread of the SARS disease, Jan. 5, 2004.Dustin Shum/South China Morning Post via Getty Images

COVID-19 is one of countless emerging infectious diseases that are zoonotic, meaning they originate in animals. About 75% of emerging infectious diseases are...

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