China's rat, cobra farmers feel coronavirus pain

Loudi, China (AFP) Aug 19, 2020

Bamboo rat farmer Liu Yanqun was just starting to make plump returns from the rodents in his farm in central China when the coronavirus broke out at the end of last year. The killer virus has since been linked to China's wildlife trade, with scientists saying it could have originated in bats and been transmitted to people via another mammal. In response, Chinese authorities imposed a nat