'Ban on bushmeat' after Covid-19 but what if alternative is factory farming?

Governments and WHO face pressure to ban commercial trade in wild animals, but experts say this would criminalise a way of life for millions of people Coronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAntelope is best, monkey is chewy, bats needs a sauce, forest porcupine is mild, and pangolin - one of the most trafficked animals in the world - tastes great roasted but smells awful. That, at least, was what the Gabonese workers told us.We were in a Belgian-owned logging camp in Gabon. The day had been spent watching giant trees being felled for the Chinese market but by evening everyone's thoughts had turned to food. Continue reading...